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Egg: Nature's Perfect Package
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package
Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: July 6, 2015
Review
I can't help picking up a Steve Jenkins/Robin Page animal-themed book, and this informative, well-drawn book didn't disappoint. My hesitation is use. It is not a picture book, and it's not specific enough, nor does it have quite the depth, to be used by a student writing a report. It would also be a tough read-aloud with all of the short facts on each page. It might best be used with K-3rd grade readers when introducing the life cycle of a chicken along with a chick incubator in a classroom. It's an interesting, visually appealing book that sorts through many of the types of egg-layers, egg-carriers, and egg-eaters, but I would have to consider it a non-essential purchase.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Page, Robin
Illustrator: Jenkins, Steve
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades k-3,grades 4-6
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: very good
ISBN: 9780547959092
Price: 16.99