Just in time for Easter and springtime, here is a gorgeously illustrated picture book filled with fascinating facts about eggs.
Many creatures, including amphibians, reptiles, insects, birds, and even some mammals, lay eggs. Eggs come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and textures, from jelly-covered bullfrog eggs that float to stringy octopus eggs that hang beneath sea ledges. Animals protect their eggs in special ways too. Seahorse eggs are carried in the father's pouch, while Asian cave swiftlet eggs stay safe in a nest made of spit. As different as they are from one another, all eggs contain a special world, a place where a developing embryo can breathe, grow, and be nourished.
Extraordinary facts abound in this intriguingly written and intricately illustrated picture book about the varied appearances, development processes, environments, and survival challenges of eggs.
Eggs Hardcover by Marilyn Singer, Emma Stevenson
Marilyn Singer is the author of over 80 books for children. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. For more information, please visit: www.marilynsinger.net
Emma Stevenson is a graduate of University College Falmouth in Cornwall, England. Her debut illustrations for Eggs, by Marilyn Singer, were called "striking and nicely detailed" by Booklist. The Horn Book wrote, "Stevenson's beautiful field guide-like illustrations capture every nuance and detail." Emma Stevenson lives in Birmingham, England, but enjoys painting pictures of familiar as well as exotic habitats.
Publisher: Holiday House; First Edition (March 15, 2008)
Language: English
Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0823417271
ISBN-13: 9780823417278
Reading age: 6 - 9 years
Lexile measure: 920L
Grade level: 2 - 4
Item Weight: 15.5 ounces
Picture books - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Biology
-Embryology -Eggs
OCLC Number: OCLC#48876576
Guided Reading Level: Q
Dewey: 591.468
LC Call Number: QL956.5
LCCN: 2002017117
Lexile Level: 920