The lively and beautifully illustrated board book hello birds, what do you say by Loes Botman introduces young children to a range of bird species and their calls. The colourful and highly detailed illustrations by Loes Botman introduce and bring twelve familiar bird species, including a pigeon, bullfinch, magpie, blackbird, swan and duck, to life. Its simple concept and one-word text answers to the books question “what do you say?” paired with a bird species on each page make this a perfect book for exploring with young children. Designed and illustrated by Dutch pastel colours artist Loes Botman, this lovely children’s book provides a comprehensive vocabulary lesson and an introduction to biology to bird-obsessed toddlers! After training at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Loes Botman specialised in drawing with pastels. The simplicity of the material appeals to her and her artistic approach is to let all colours flow directly from her hands. Animals and the beauty of nature are her passions which is reflected in her artwork in which she aims to show the simplistic beauty of the world surrounding us. The hello birds book is published by Floris Books and is suitable for children aged 1 – 3 years. Contents: 1 board book book in English, 12 pages.