This is a very earnest little book encouraging young children to explore their neighbourhoods and observe the animals that live in them - mostly birds, insects, and rodents. I have to admit that as I read, I thought it sounded very much like a lesson plan, with a teacher giving instructions on what to do in short, instructive sentences. It's a series of orders, basically. Come the end of the book, and the author section on the back flap says that Simon is a science teacher - it shows. 

The illustrations are very well done, but I do wish that they were in colour. I'm not sure that black and white is the best way to get the attention of little kids... it may well underline the schoolbook vibe that's going on here, I think.