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Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be?
by
Janet Halfmann (Goodreads Author),
Betsy Thompson (Goodreads Author)
Ten spreads with gatefolds and a culminating dramatic fold-out lead young readers from a single penguin egg to an ostrich's clutch of 10 eggs. Song-like, non-rhyming verse gives clues as to who might hatch. The answer to the repeated refrain, "Who will the babies be?", is found beneath a flap. Besides discovering the animal baby or babies, kids will also pick up a lot of n...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 10th 2012
by Blue Apple Books
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Deceptively simple text, illustration, and design combine to make an excellent science and math book for toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary children. Halfmann’s descriptive clues introduce readers to ten eggs of various shapes and sizes on the verso. Each recto invites them to guess what will hatch before opening the gatefold on the right to see—and learn more about those particular hatchlings. This combination of counting and science exposes children to eggs in all classes; some will...more
Eggs 1,2,3: Who Will the Babies Be is a delightful book for young children ages preK-kindergarten. It is bright and vibrant with fun fold out pages hiding what kind of animal is in each egg. It repeats the phrase, "Who will the babies be?" throughout the book which also gets the children involved. It is an educational book for teaching counting and for teaching about animals. The artistic media used is collage which almost gives the book a lifelike quality. The illustrator uses the space well co...more
I read Eggs, 1, 2, 3, who will the babies be, in exchange for review from Edelweiss. The book was written by Janet Halfmann and Illustrated by Betsy Thompson. The book was published by Blue Apple books. Key selling points from Edelweiss:
Kids are interested in reading about baby animals
Poetic flow and nature facts.
The book teaches kids how to count
The book is interactive
The art and design work is fabolous
The author has wrote over a dozen nature-themed animal books.
The book was a quick read. I l...more
Kids are interested in reading about baby animals
Poetic flow and nature facts.
The book teaches kids how to count
The book is interactive
The art and design work is fabolous
The author has wrote over a dozen nature-themed animal books.
The book was a quick read. I l...more
Eggs 1,2 3: Who Will the Babies Be? by Janet Halfman
Release Date – April 10, 2012
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This book is a fun book that teaches children not only about counting but about animals and their young. The pictures are bright and colorful and lots of fun. The repetition of the phrase “Who will the babies be?” helps get the children involved in the story as it progresses.
This book is a good teaching tool on several levels and...more
Release Date – April 10, 2012
*A review copy of this book was viewed from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review*
This book is a fun book that teaches children not only about counting but about animals and their young. The pictures are bright and colorful and lots of fun. The repetition of the phrase “Who will the babies be?” helps get the children involved in the story as it progresses.
This book is a good teaching tool on several levels and...more
This is one of those books that will frequently be read and played with. Covering the numbers 1 - 10 with flip-out pages to show the babies hidden within the eggs, the beautiful illustrations of the animals that hatch out, familiar and not so.
Simple and repetitive phrasing form a simple sing-song like melody that will appeal to young readers / listeners, and as they familiarize themselves with the story, there are easy words to pick out that can provide opportunity for games and interaction.
I...more
Simple and repetitive phrasing form a simple sing-song like melody that will appeal to young readers / listeners, and as they familiarize themselves with the story, there are easy words to pick out that can provide opportunity for games and interaction.
I...more
A great book for counting/nature/science storytime for preschoolers.
Introduces a lot of info in a very short text -- size of egg, color, environment (in the sand; on a big blue sea; in shimmering jelly, floating on the pond) and name of the young that emerge from the eggs. Some are familiar, like hatchlings and chicks, others are new, like platypus puggles.
Lift the flap quality -- who will the babies be? must lift each time to see. Variety -- for the butterflies and fireflies it lifts up.
I love...more
Introduces a lot of info in a very short text -- size of egg, color, environment (in the sand; on a big blue sea; in shimmering jelly, floating on the pond) and name of the young that emerge from the eggs. Some are familiar, like hatchlings and chicks, others are new, like platypus puggles.
Lift the flap quality -- who will the babies be? must lift each time to see. Variety -- for the butterflies and fireflies it lifts up.
I love...more
Beautifully constructed, this interactive counting book is both entertaining and educational. Readers are delighted to open the flaps of the book, learning not only to count, but to visually interpret what eggs and babies of different animals and reptiles look like. Halfmann's collage illustrations and the texture of the pages convey nature and allow readers to easily count and identify nature's surprises. This book could easily be used in an early elementary classroom to supplement a math and s...more
At first I was slightly worried that this book would be kind of young for my fairly old (I have mostly 4 and 5 year-olds) preschool group, but they actually really loved it. There is something compulsive about guessing games for little kids, and they LOVED shouting out what they thought would be in the eggs. The papercut illustrations are great for large groups, because they are really clear from far away. I think this would be amazing for a toddler story time too. I used it in an egg story time...more
Wonderful illustrations - I particularly enjoyed the colors and textures. I don't love fold out pages, as they don't last long as library books, but they work here.
This would make a GREAT book for sharing one on one or in a small quiet group. Even though the book is relatively short, the language is rich, and it's fun to guess what kind of babies will come out of the eggs. Granted, the first one is pretty easy, but others are harder.
This would make a GREAT book for sharing one on one or in a small quiet group. Even though the book is relatively short, the language is rich, and it's fun to guess what kind of babies will come out of the eggs. Granted, the first one is pretty easy, but others are harder.
This is one of those books that draws big Ooos's and Ahhh's from the young children in my school. Halfmann recites a number alphabet for eggs, with just enough rhyme to charm but not so much that the rhyming becomes annoying. Thompson created fun lift-the-flap pictures to accompany the number alphabet. A delightfully fun interactive book.
It's a counting book, it's a science book, it's a fold-out-the-page-to-reveal-the-answer book, it is perfect for preschool and early elementary classrooms looking for an easy way to pump up the nonfiction during reading time. The last page shows the eggs to scale so kids can see how small a frog egg is compared to an ostrich egg. Eggscellent!
This is a great book for reading one on one with young kiddos. I really liked the muted tones and textures in the illustrations. Each page has a picture of an egg (then two, three, etc.) and some information about what might hatch. Then with a lift-the-flap readers can see what babies (and their parents) come from the eggs. A sweet book.
Beautiful counting book which lets the child guess what kind of animal will hatch from the eggs in each picture. The poetic words give clues as to the animal. And my favorite feature in a counting book--one page which has all the numbers together.
Grades PK to 1. Kids guess what each of the eggs will end up being after they hatch. Great for a storytime about eggs and for an intro to life cycles. Lift the flaps hide the answers. The collage artwork is simple and pretty.
Had a small group at story time today, but this work well for guessing what kind of baby came from each egg. The idea of the book works well, however the reading out loud of it came off a bit stumbly.
Interesting counting book using the concept of eggs and what animal hatches from them. I like the muted tones of the colors. The clues as to what animal it is before lifting the fold out are fun.
Absolutely stellar! Fantastic book for children, around age 4. Lovely illustrations and fold outs. Nice problem solving. A little learning sneaks in while having fun. Beautifully done.
Really nice, retro collage-style illustrations had me feeling a bit of nostalgia for the picture books of my youth. I quite enjoyed the presentation of this book.
Beautiful counting book with interesting collages made with textured papers and fabrics. Lift flaps to reveal who hatches out of the various eggs.
Young readers may lift the flap of the pages to reveal a penguin egg and ends with an ostrich clutch of eggs that introduce numbers from one to ten
Interesting play on the traditional counting book. The flaps can be a problem for libraries I suspect but they do add an element of fun to the book.
Feb 12, 2013
June
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Egg book requests
Recommended to June by:
Katie Fitzgerald
I like the variety of animals that this book covers and it will be something new I can use for our Eggstravaganza program.
Read at preschool story time on 2/8/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
Read at kindergarten and first grade class visits on 2/8/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
Read at kindergarten and first grade class visits on 2/8/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
A unique number book, with guessing and flaps to lift. Toddler-grade1.
Will definitely use this one for storytime!
Good counting book with lovely illustrations.
This is a terrific storytime nonfiction book. Each spread describes and shows the eggs and asks "Who will the babies be?" (kids will be chiming in after the second spread). Then you open a gatefold that reveals the babies. Wonderful language makes this a delight to read aloud.
Nine eggs, round and black,
9
safe in shimmering jelly, floating on the pond.
Who will the babies be?
9 frog tadpoles,
breathing with feathery gills
and swishing finny tails.
Beautiful!
Nine eggs, round and black,
9
safe in shimmering jelly, floating on the pond.
Who will the babies be?
9 frog tadpoles,
breathing with feathery gills
and swishing finny tails.
Beautiful!
Very colorful and pretty art awaits the reader in this counting book. Fold out flaps make it fun too.
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Janet Halfmann is an award-winning children's author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. She has written more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction.
Her Civil War era nonfiction picture book, "Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story" (Lee & Low Books, 2008), was named an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International and inclu...more
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Her Civil War era nonfiction picture book, "Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story" (Lee & Low Books, 2008), was named an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International and inclu...more
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