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. The evocative text is sure to inspire lively questions and observations. 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.
Grade Level: 1st (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)Īward-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. Ages 5-10.Volunteers needed in May! Click here to sign up. This attractive volume pleases on both an aesthetic and intellectual level. Long introduces breathtaking color into the final spreads, as a concluding scene "hatches from" this peacefulness, reminding readers of an egg's purpose. "An egg is clever," in fancy script, for instance, sits alongside examples of camouflage: "An egg might be speckled to resemble the rocks around it." The letters' dramatic curlicues mimic curvy grasses and vines dappled with tiny insect eggs. The main text appears in large, flowery cursive, while a smaller printed typeface serves as labels and brief factual captions. For example, a border that resembles a color test pattern runs down the outer edges of a spread of nearly 40 carefully placed "colorful" examples, set against a white background, which dazzle the eye. Long's (Sylvia Long's Mother Goose) skilled use of contrast and compositional balance prevent monotony.
In most spreads, different adjectives (colorful, shapely, textured, etc.) complete the sentence, "An egg is." This repetitive rhythm contrasts with the visual variety of the illustrations.
The narrative then launches into a kind of survey about the characteristics of eggs, which follows a simple format. buried beneath the sand," Aston (When You Were Born) begins, as spot illustrations zero in on a hummingbird, emperor penguin and sea turtle, respectively. It sits there, under its mother's feathers. Like the subject matter it describes, this book packages with understated elegance the substantive matter found within it.
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