Egg: Nature's Perfect Package

by Robin Page, Steve Jenkins

The Caldecott Honor-winning team cracks the code of the incredible egg. Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package, reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more, in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book.

  • Format: eBook
  • ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780544640498
  • ISBN-10: 0544640497
  • Pages: 32
  • Publication Date: 03/03/2015
  • Carton Quantity: 1
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  • About the Book
    Hatching a plan for survival isn’t always easy in the wild. And how animals lay, protect, and even use each other's eggs as a food source help reveal the life cycle of the natural world. Eggs come in all shapes and sizes. The ostrich’s is the largest, but some are so small, you need a microscope to spot them. Animals hide them and disguise them in smart and surprising ways, too. Some abandon their eggs, while others protect them fiercely and carry them wherever they go. There are as many kinds of eggs as there are animals that depend on them, because in the animal kingdom, the fight for survival begins with the simple, but extraordinary, egg.
  • About the Author

    Robin Page

    Robin Page lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and collaborator, Steve Jenkins. She has worked on numerous bestselling and award winning titles, including Caldecott Honoree What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?. Along with writing and illustrating children's books, Steve and Robin run a graphic design studio.

    Steve Jenkins

    Steve Jenkins has written and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor–winning What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and frequent collaborator, Robin Page. www.stevejenkinsbooks.com

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    "Created from cut and torn papers with interesting coloration and textures, Jenkins' distinctive illustrations show up well against the white backgrounds. This intriguing presentation will be an asset to many kindergarten and primary-grade classes." 

    —Booklist 

     

    "Appealing, accessible, and accurate, this is another admirable creation." 

    —Kirkus 

     

    "Like Jenkins and Page's other works, this delightful purchase combines big, bold illustrations with intriguing science. 

    —School Library Journal 

     

     

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