Egg : nature's perfect package / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0547959095
- 9780547959092
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.468 J52 | Available | 33111008014454 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Appealing, accessible, and accurate, this is another admirable creation." --Kirkus
Crack the code of the incredible egg in this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book by Caledcott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
"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" -- provided by publisher.