Worthy successor to Ruth Heller's Chickens Aren't The Only Ones
(1981), this engrossing album pairs images of dozens of precisely
detailed eggs and their diverse wild parents to basic facts
presented in neatly hand-lettered lines. Nearly all depicted actual
size (and those that aren't, are consistently so labeled), Long's
eggs look real enough to pick up, whether placed in natural
settings or suspended on white pages. All, whether from birds,
insects, reptiles, fish or amphibians, are not only identified, but
Aston adds both topical phrases-"Eggs come in different sizes"-to
each spread and, usually, memorably presented additional facts: "An
ostrich egg can weigh as much as 8 pounds. It's so big and so
round, it takes two hands to hold one egg." A delight for budding
naturalists of all stripes, flecks, dots and textures. (Picture
book/nonfiction. 6-9) (Kirkus Reviews)
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 60 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.
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