Combines rhythmic text, illustrations and engaging cutouts in an introduction to eight varieties of animals that hatch from eggs, including a squiggly tadpole, a fuzzy robin and a leathery platypus.
Illustrations and simple text describe the many ways animals care for their eggs and young, with facts about animals, hatchlings, and their environment.
Explores the different types of animal eggs, from insects to reptiles, fish, and birds, and describes how different adult animals care for their eggs and the strange places they place them.
Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird.