Egg: A Photographic History of Hatching

by Robert Burton, Jane Burton, Kim Taylor

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Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Science

45 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

A trained zoologist, Robert Burton is an established author in the field of everyday natural history, focussing on the commonplace rather than the exotic or unusual. He is the wildlife columnist for the Royal Horticultural Society's The Garden and has written many articles for other magazines, including the RSPB magazine Birds. He continues the popular Nature Note in the Daily Telegraph started by his father, Dr. Maurice Burton.
Coming from a family of natural historians, Robert Burton has grown up with the concept of the garden as a sanctuary for birds and other animals. Although he has pursued his nature studies all around the world, he now works mainly from home, where he has plenty of opportunities to observe the visitors to his garden.

Reviews

[Danielle Rapoli]

Summary/Review: The book is broken up into little chapters on different types of eggs and their hatching process. Each chapter is broken up into an easy to follow timeline for the students to see how fast the babies grow. Bits of information is given in short sentences so the book is not overwhelming. Real pictures of an egg life cycle is used so children can see how the baby gets out of the egg and what it may look like and grow to. Good to review vocabulary before allowing students to read (for example words such as fertilization and sperm may not be appropriate) Uses in classroom: 1. Used to introduce different timelines and how to read them 2. Used to show the different ways information books can present information. Paired Books: Zooborns, Shells Quote: 1CSome shells have dull colors and patterns that make them difficult for enemies to see. This is called camouflage. 1D

[Julia Jasztal]

Mommy's review from 10/8/11 -


Julia found this at the library and while glancing through it before leaving I knew it wouldn't actually be finished. It wasn't.
Unless you want to know the ins and outs of every single little detail on every single egg laid by animals pass on this.
It was intensely repetitive but only in the actual outline of the book. the details would change from animal to animal of course. But how much of this could anyone possibly read?
The only way I could this being of any real value would be for a book report. In that case you probably wouldn't even need any other books because this is pretty complete from the looks of it.
There's a lot of info here but since we didn't finish it I won't list it all.
We did learn a few new facts but other than that I can't talk it up too much.

[Bethany Sutherland]

Egg is a book about the different types of animals that lay eggs and the process that each one goes through. The nature of both male and female and the roles they play are all put on each page and the stages of the animal coming out of the egg.

I liked this book because it was interesting to learn about the different types of birds and the similarities and differences between them both.

I would use this book for teaching the students about the process of egg hatching before starting a project on incubating eggs and the process to chicks growing.

[Nicole Jacob]

This is a book that can be read during science class and the kids will find very interesting. It tells of all the different animals that lay eggs. It also shows pictures of the eggs hatching which will really spark the kids attention. This would be a great book to keep in the classroom.

[Bradley]

A very interesting book that will be a while before Coale can understand. =)