Saturday, June 14, 2008

First the Egg


First the Egg
Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Caldecott Honor Award 2008
Interest Level: ages 3 to 7
CATEGORY: nonfiction
TYPE: Picture Book
SUMMARY: This is a simple book about which comes first in life; the chicken or the egg. The pictures are simple and bright they are an acrylic on canvas which gives it a beautiful textured look. The Die cuts add to the visual connections from what it was to what it becomes.
ONLINE CONNECTIONS:
Reviews about the book and the author:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/London-t.html
About the author:
http://www.studiolvs.com/website_root/StudioLVS_Home/About.html
BOOK CONNECTIONS:
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? By Eric Carle
SPOTS, FEATHERS AND CURLY TAILS BY Nancy Tafuri
KEYWORDS: egg, chicken, words, story, colorful
This is a good book that would be easy to use with very young children and beginning readers. It is interesting and simple yet it keeps a child’s attention.

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