All About Eggs

by Millicent E. Selsam, Stephanie Fleischer (Illustrator)

Presents the eggs of many animals and shows what kinds of babies hatch from them.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

Millicent Ellis Selsam was was a biologist and teacher who wrote natural science literature for children.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great introduction to eggs, egg-laying animals, and mammals (including a bit about human pregnancy- but nothing about sex, just the baby gestating part). Just right for my 7- & 5- year-old sons.

We have birds' nests to watch and we just saw a video of triplet lambs* being born, so the timing of this book is perfect.

*Search YouTube for Way Out West Blowin' Blog. These lovely people in Ireland have a really fun and fascinating channel.
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Reread in January 2021 to my almost-5-year-old. I'm really glad the library hasn't yet gotten rid of this treasure, as they have so many others!

I'm going to have my two eldest boys read this on their own for reading practice and then talk more deeply about mammals (this is probably a good time to have a little dictionary-use practice). Might have the eldest (9) write a dictated sentence, too.

[Carla Raymer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic book that teaches about eggs and the many different kinds of eggs. At the end of the books there are a couple of "Read Aloud" activities that can be done to reiterate the lesson that is being taught. Great stuff.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading Rainbow Episode: "Chickens Aren't the Only Ones"
Very simple / dated "look" but good line drawing illustrations.