Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg

Picture-book naturalist Mia Posada explores the world of animal eggs in this engaging and interactive work for younger children. The book alternates between two-page spreads in which a particular kind of egg is described in rhyming text, with an accompanying question about what's inside, and two-page spreads on which the answer is given, along with more information about the animal in question. Animals profiled include penguins, alligators, ducks, sea turtles, spiders and octopodes. An afterword shows each of the eggs in real size, and provides a progression of a duckling growing inside his egg...

Having greatly enjoyed Posada's subsequent Who Was Here?: Discovering Wild Animal Tracks, with its interactive question and answer format, and show more alternation between simple rhyming descriptions and more detailed informational passages in prose, I was happy to discover that Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg features the same structure. I think that this works very well, not just in imparting information, but in keeping young readers and listeners involved in the reading process. The accompanying collage style artwork here is likewise engaging, and adds to the reading pleasure. Recommended to young animal lovers and naturalists. show less

Very well done!

Each type of egg has 2 pair of pages dedicated to it. First are the hint pages, "Can you guess?" with rhyming hints and very clever images. Next are the pages of information and is done very well, giving an idea of the early life of the hatchling and on to interesting tidbits about its future as it grows.

At the end of the book are actual egg-size comparisons. Squee! More fun.

Can't wait to give this to the Littles. They are such hungry sponges and so will slurp this right up.

This was a wonderful book. I enjoyed the verse clues that invited the reader to guess which animal was inside of the egg. Kindergarten students to 3rd grade students will enjoy trying to solve these "riddles." The interactive aspect of the book was one of its most appealing aspects. The author includes some common information and some interesting obscure facts about the animals, making it a fun read. Children will relate to the baby animals. The illustrations were very appealing. They were cut-out collage with water color accents. Additionally, the author included a section that compared the actual size of the eggs mentioned in the book giving students a great visual for comparison. Finally, she included a two page spread of the inside show more of a duck egg allowing the viewer to experience the changes that a duck goes through as it matures and prepares to hatch. I would use this in a science lesson on animals.and their habitats. show less

This is a charming and informative book for children. Of course, who doesn't like baby animals?! But it is an informative book, and I could see myself reading and showing this book to my former first and second graders. My favorite in this book was the octopus!

Posada gives readers a very interesting take on the life cycle book. It starts off with rhyming guessing games for different eggs and animals. At the end there are diagrams of how big the eggs actually are and details about the animals' early life cycles. I think it is a great way to introduce the concept of life cycles.

Do you want to learn about where different eggs are hatched and about certain animals? This would be the perfect book! This book would be great for a science lesson and provides very good illustrations.

A fun way to look at the differences and similarities between eggs - see if you can guess which animal it is before you turn the page.