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Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
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by Mia Posada, illustrated by Mia Posada
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Series: Exceptional Science Titles for Primary Grades
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Crack, crack...animal babies are hatched all over the place. Can you figure out who's who? Watercolor and collage illustrations depict close-up scenes of an egg or eggs about to hatch. The text hints at what the eggs contain: "Hidden in a rock cave/ Deep beneath the ocean waves/ Their mother wraps her long arms around/ To keep these eggs safe and sound." The observant young nature lover will find a visual clue of what animal the mother might be. The next spread provides the answer-in this case, it's an octopus. The second spread also provides fascinating facts about the species. The book features a number of species ranging from spiders to penguins to octopuses, and the back matter provides more information about the actual size of various eggs and how they develop.
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Reading Level:
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Grade 3
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Interest Level:
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Grades K-3
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Ages:
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5-9
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Copyright:
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©2007
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Imprint:
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Millbrook Press
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Trim Size:
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8 x 10
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Pages:
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32
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ATOS:
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4.0
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Points:
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0.5
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Quiz:
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113253
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Book Features
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Full-Color Illustrations • Jacketed
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ISBN-10:
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0-8225-6192-1
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ISBN-13:
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978-0-8225-6192-7
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Format:
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Library Bound
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List Price:
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$ 15.95
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S&L Price*:
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$ 11.96
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• Minnesota Book Award Finalist
• Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
• 2011 Grand Canyon Reader Award List
• Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
• Independent Publisher Book Award
• International Reading Association (IRA) Teacher's Choice
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) / Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
• Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Best Book
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Reviewed by: |
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The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, The Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal |
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Review Excerpts: |
- "Posada again succeeds in bringing science to kids in this amazing treasure trove of information and beautiful collage art that’s wrapped up in a guessing game. Brief rhyming text and a zoomed-in picture of each egg provide readers with clues as to what is growing inside. The next spread provides the answer, a more wide-angle look at the animals, and a paragraph of interesting information about the species (e.g., what they eat, how they get around, what their habitat is like and whether they depend on their parents for nurturing). Featured are birds, reptiles, an arachnid and a mollusk (fish, insects and monotremes are also oviparous). Backmatter includes pages comparing all the eggs at actual size and a look inside a duck egg as the baby develops. Posada's artwork lends texture and movement to the pages-readers can almost feel the downy softness of the duck's breast and the rough scales on the baby alligators. This is wonderful for sharing on its own, but will be especially embraced by elementary educators."
--Kirkus Reviews
- "More than just chickens come from eggs, as Posada (Ladybugs) explains. In fact, all kinds of critters - from spiders to penguins to octopuses - begin life as hatchlings. The repeated refrain, 'Can you guess what is growing inside this egg?' pairs with a simple riddle-in-verse, prompting readers to identify various creatures. 'This egg sits snugly on its father’s feet./ He warms it with his body's heat./ Under his feath-ered belly, it's cozy and warm/ Safe from the icy Antarctic storm.' Although the eggs are presented up close, visual clues offer a glimpse of a nearby animal parent provide helpful hints. (Here, the answer should be clear to any fans of March of the Penguins or Happy Feet.) A page turn reveals the answer, as well as a more expansive view of the animals' habitats and some prose factoids ('You can actually see the baby octopuses inside their eggs!'). Posada's paint and collage pictures are sumptuous in both texture and color; she beautifully evokes the furriness of a penguin's belly and the mounded dirt and sticks of an alligator's swampy nest. Even if the guessing may come easily, children will certainly learn a great deal about some youngsters of the animal kingdom."
--Publishers Weekly
- "Through the double pleasures of a rhymed riddle and a hidden-picture clue, children learn about half a dozen animals who begin life inside an egg shell. Each entry, a pair of double-page spreads, is introduced with a couplet or two that reels out hints about the, creature's environment or parentage ('Their mother crawled from sea to land/ To bury these soft eggs in the sand'), while the accompanying illustration features a segment of the parent's body. A page turn reveals the answer ('Sea turtles!') and offers a paragraph about the hatchling's growth, habitat, and diet. The full-bleed collages, crafted of painted and textured papers, can be enjoyed by individuals and small groups, and the information is right-sized for squirmy audiences with limited attention spans. A pair of concluding diagrams display the six egg shapes in full scale for easy comparison (and 'oohs' at the relative sizes of the spider and penguin eggs), and cutaway views of duckling eggs at four stages in their twenty-eight-day incubation period. This is a first choice for kindergarten classrooms or for the bookshelf of any child who appreciates nestling penguin chicks, snapping alligators, or parachuting spiderlings."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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*The S&L price is available only to school and library customers and reflects a 25% discount off hardcovers only.
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