An Egg is Quiet
Illustrated by Long, Sylvia
From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, this educational and immersive picture book magnificently captures the incredible variety of eggs in nature and celebrates their beauty and wonder. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to more than 60 types of eggs and an array of captivating egg facts.
- Publication Date
- 2006
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- Reading level
- Early Elementary
- Content warning
- None
Book tags
- Interests
- Nature
- Genre
- Non-Fiction
- Format
- Picture Book
- Subject
- Science
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