The Best Nest

Category:Former Groiler Beginner Book Series
Category:The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books
The Best Nest is a children's book by P. D. Eastman. It was written in 1968.
== Story ==
Mr. and Mrs. Bird live in a nest in a birdhouse. Mr. Bird is so happy he has to sing, and this is his song:"I love my house, I love my nest, in all the world my nest is best!"Mrs. Bird doesn't like it, thinking the house is too boring and not the best, and decides that she and Mr. Bird have to find a place to build a new nest. First, they come to a tree. They want to move in, but a raccoon is already there. The birds then come to a boot. They think it's a nice house, but they're wrong; it belongs to a foot.
Next, they go to a mailbox, but the mailman has mail to deliver. Finally, they come to a church. Mrs. Bird sees that the bell tower is so big they think it's the perfect spot to build a new nest. So they build a nest with some hay, soda straws and broom straws, sweater string and stocking string, mattress stuffing, horse hair and man hair.
Mrs. Bird claims that this the best nest yet and wants to live here forever. So, Mr. Bird becomes happy and sings:"I love our house, I love our nest, in all the world our nest is best!"Suddenly, at noon, a man named Mr. Parker, the church bell ringer, comes to the church and pulls the rope to ring the bell, as he does every day at that time. Mrs. Bird escapes out of the bell tower quickly. Then, when Mr. Bird comes back in, he sees that the toll of the bell leaves the nest demolished and Mrs. Bird has gone missing.
Mr. Bird looks everywhere for Mrs. Bird. When he sees a cat, he sees there are some brown feathers next to him. He becomes so sad, thinking the cat ate Mrs. Bird. Mr. Bird is worried he'll never see Mrs. Bird again. Mr. Bird flies off, but then it rains so hard that he can't see where he's going. Then he bumps into something - it's his old house. Mr. Bird decides to go in there until it stops raining. However, he's surprised to see Mrs. Bird, sitting on an egg, singing:"I love my house, I love my nest, in all the world this nest is best!"Mr. Bird is left shocked, thinking she used to hate the old nest. Mrs. Bird tells him a mother bird can change her mind, and there's no nest like an old nest for a brand new bird. And at that moment, the new bird is hatched out of the egg.
== Translations ==
* Spanish: El mejor nido
== Trivia ==
* This is the fourth Beginner Book written and illustrated by Eastman.
* This book is released to Beginner Book Video as the third book in Are You My Mother? and 2 Other Stories.
* My Nest Is Best is a Bright & Early Playtime Book based on the book.