An Egg Is Quiet: (Nature Books for Kids, Children's Books Ages 3-5, Award Winning Children's Books)

Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. 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.

The evocative text is sure to inspire lively questions and observations. 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. Even the endpapers brim with information. A tender and fascinating guide that is equally at home being read to a child on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle.

Author: Sylvia Long, Dianna Hutts Aston
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 03/02/2006
Pages: 36
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9780811844284
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 105164 / Egg Is Quiet

Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended
Award: Cybils - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2006 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2006 pg. 286
Booklist 04/15/2006 pg. 48
School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 104
Science Books & Films 07/01/2006 pg. 151
New Yorker (The) 12/04/2006 pg. 93
Science Books & Films Best Bks 01/01/2007 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 393 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Science Books & Films 11/01/2007 pg. 241

About the Author
Dianna Aston spends a lot of time in her backyard hoping to find new eggs. She often enlists the help of her husband, children, and their assorted pets. She lives in Texas.

Sylvia Long is the illustrator of many books for children including the best-selling Sylvia Long's Mother Goose, Hush Little Baby, and Snug As a Bug, all published by Chronicle Books. Ms. Long's detailed paintings are inspired by her love of animals and the outdoors. She lives in Arizona.