Nonfiction Monday: Mia Posada's egg book
When Leo was little he was obsessed with eggs. We still read a lot of egg books. Lately we've been enjoying this one, Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada (Millbrook, 2007). It's an especially good choice for reading aloud to kids of different ages (like mine, who are 7 and 3). Milly still likes to guess what's in each egg, on the basis of a close-up like the one on the front cover and a little riddle like this one (from the back cover):
Under this feathered belly, it's cozy and warm.
The egg is safe from the icy Antarctic storm.
"It's a penguin!" she tells me excitedly, every single time. When we turn the page, Leo can hear or practice reading aloud a short paragraph about penguins (or alligators, ducklings, sea turtles, spiders, or octopuses) while Milly patiently (or not) looks at a longer shot, taken in watercolor collage, of the newly-hatched penguin chick (alligator, duckling, etc.) in its natural environment. Posada's other books are about dandelions, ladybugs, and robins--she knows what we like!
[Nonfiction Monday Round-up at Anastasia Suen's blog Picture Book of the Day. Thanks, Anastasia!]
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Thanks for the great review! I have a copy of this book and love it. My daughter (age 1) is still too young to guess the animals, but she loves the colorful illustrations. When we get to the sea turtles, she always touches them and lingers for a while. I haven't seen any other of Mia Posada's work, but I'm definitely adding her to my list of books to look out for.
Thanks, Jill! I love that this book works for such a wide range of ages. And I agree with your daughter--the sea turtles are cute!
I forgot to mention the back matter: Milly likes to compare the actual sizes of the eggs, and look inside the incubating duck egg (incubation times for the other animals in the book are also listed there).
We like this one a lot too!
(the books sorted by color look lovely!)
Thank you, Charlotte! We hated to have to return Guess What Is Growing... to the library yesterday. And it had nothing to do with the color of its spine!