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Thursday, March 10, 2011

An Egg is Quiet


Aston, D. (2006). An Egg is Quiet. Sylvia Long. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

Brief Annotation: Take a journey through the wonderful world of eggs! This book begins with illustrations of colorful eggs from many different types of animals, followed by a page of a quiet egg. The body of the story contains factual information about the traits of different eggs that helps them survive. Near the end of the story, the quiet egg hatches. The end of the book has illustrations of all of the animals that hatch from the eggs shown at the beginning of the book.

Genre:Nonfiction

Grade Level: Pre-K-3

Readers who will like this: Readers who are interested in science, nature or animals. Readers who like books with beautiful illustrations with little text.

Response/Rating (1-4): 4. This book is full of beautifully detailed illustrations, and valuable information that is presented in a way that will retain the interest of young children.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you know of any animals that hatch from eggs? What types of animals hatch from eggs?
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