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An Egg Is Quiet - cover

An Egg Is Quiet

Sylvia Long, Dianna Aston

Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

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Summary

Introduce your little budding naturalists to the wonderful world of eggs with this beautiful picture book full of wit and charm. Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, it magnificently captures the incredible variety of eggs and celebrates their beauty and wonder.  The evocative text is sure to inspire lively questions and observations. Yet while poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to more than sixty types of eggs and an interesting array of egg facts. Even the endpapers brim with information. A tender and fascinating guide that is equally at home being read to a child on a parent’s lap as in a classroom reading circle. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition. Praise for An Egg Is Quiet: A Junior Library Guild Premiere Selection A New York Public Library Title for Reading and SharingA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best“A delight for budding naturalists of all stripes, flecks, dots, and textures.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“This attractive volume pleases on both aesthetic and intellectual level.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“Beautifully illustrated. . . . Will inspire kids to marvel at animals’ variety and beauty.” —Booklist
Available since: 08/20/2013.
Print length: 36 pages.

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