An Egg Is Quiet
A teacher’s look at why this book belongs in the Read-to-Me, Read-by-Me stage.
Why it fits Read-to-Me, Read-by-Me (for the kindergarten-ready set, between being read to and reading alone)
A gallery of real eggs painted in exquisite scientific detail. It proves nonfiction can be as beautiful as any storybook. Nature study as art appreciation.
What makes it special
Aston and Long made a field museum you can hold: dozens of real eggs, painted at scientific fidelity, labeled in a hand-lettered whisper. The hushed, gallery-like design slows children into actually looking. Nonfiction this beautiful erases the fiction/nonfiction border — which is exactly where curiosity lives.
From the publisher
Introduces readers to more than 60 types of eggs and an array of egg…
About Dianna Hutts Aston
Dianna Hutts Aston writes the acclaimed nature series illustrated by Sylvia Long — An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy — whose museum-worthy pages have made her a staple of Montessori and nature-based classrooms.
Also by this author: A Seed Is Sleepy · A Butterfly Is Patient · A Rock Is Lively
More from “True Stories, Big World”
This book is part of The Best Books for Beginning Readers: 30 Teacher Picks (Read-to-Me, Read-by-Me) in our guide The Best Children’s Books by Age — 120 books chosen by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX. Come see how we build readers →
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