What Will Hatch?

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Jelly, jiggly.
What will hatch?
Wiggly, squiggly . . .
tadpole.

What is more exciting than waiting for an egg to hatch? Creatures of all varieties begin inside an egg—and those eggs also come in all shapes and sizes. From a squiggly tadpole to fuzzy robin to a leathery platypus, this charming text and unique illustrations show eight different animals as they begin life. With a cut-out on each page, readers will have fun guessing . . . what will hatch?

A perfect baby gift for springtime (or anytime!), this unique book from talented author-illustrator duo Jennifer Ward and Susie Ghahremani is sure to delight younger readers with its vivid illustrations and interactive, hands-on format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802723116
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	02/12/2013
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	656,983
Product dimensions:	9.24(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Susie Ghahremani is an award-winning illustrator whose work is exhibited and sold internationally. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), she is the author-illustrator of STACK THE CATS and BALANCE THE BIRDS. Susie drinks tea while working with her paints, and often worries about mixing up the two.

Please visit her online at boygirlparty.com and on social media @boygirlparty

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Eggs come in many different shapes and sizes, but the most important question to young, curious minds is what will hatch? Science for the very young is done best through joyous learning; education will certainly hatch from these pages. –Kirkus Reviews

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An elegant interactive design and serene illustrations introduce readers to seven animals that hatch from eggs, including sea turtles, a crocodile, and a platypus. Egg-shaped die cuts peek between pages, as the collaborators give visual and textual clues that let readers guess what nestles inside each egg: “Warm seat. What will hatch? On Daddy’s feet—penguin.” Ghahremani offers almost toylike images of the parents and their offspring; the texture of the wood she paints on bleeds through to create a homey back-to-nature vibe. A closing spread provides further information about the births of the “oviparous animals” in the book, as well as a goldfinch and a chicken, to boot. Up to age 5. Agent: Stefanie von Borstel, Full Circle Literary. (Feb.)

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Eggs come in many different shapes and sizes, but the most important question to young, curious minds is what will hatch? Science for the very young is done best through joyous learning; education will certainly hatch from these pages.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Eggs come in many different shapes and sizes, but the most important question to young, curious minds is what will hatch? Ward and Ghahremani stage an oviparous guessing game, using die cuts to draw attention to each different kind of egg. Sparse textual clues tease readers ("Warm seat. / What will hatch?"), while expansive visual spreads show snowy mountaintops and a male penguin's webbed toes, with die-cut egg perched atop. When readers turn the page, the die cuts seamlessly (for the most part) blend into the revealed answer scene (in this case, it becomes the belly of the presumed mother). Birds are the most obvious egg-layers of choice, but turtles, caterpillars, crocodiles and even a platypus get their chance to shine. Ghahremani's picture-book debut features incredible hand-lettering and muted, textured tones that are Etsy-hipster to the max, but they work well in this quiet nature story. Backmatter provides additional information on each animal, including the amount of time spent in an egg, plus the number of possible siblings. A simple life cycle of a chick is also appended. Science for the very young is done best through joyous learning; education will certainly hatch from these pages. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews

PreS—Using minimal text, Ward introduces seven animals that hatch from eggs-sea turtle, penguin, tadpole, crocodile, robin, caterpillar, and platypus. The first spread includes a two to three word "clue," and the question, "What Will Hatch?" On the second spread, the clue's rhyme is completed and the answer is provided in words and illustration (e.g., "SANDY ball./WHAT will HATCH?/PADDLE and CRAWL-/SEA TURTLE."). The book is designed for use with very young children, and the illustrations are dominant. Ghahremani's folk-art gouache paintings on wood, in soft blues, browns, and greens, are filled with patterns and animals with softly rounded bodies-several in cartoon style. A die-cut hole in each sequence denotes the shape of the creature's egg and is placed among other painted eggs. Unfortunately, the sizes are not to scale. For example, the robin's egg is larger than an extra-large chicken egg, while the platypus's resembles a small pistachio nut. The dark-brown text, hand-printed letters, with some words in all capitals, some in lowercase cursive, often does not blend well with the soft illustrations. The male emperor penguin incubates its single egg in an "egg pouch" on top of its feet, as indicated in the brief endnotes on each species. However, it has a fancy crown of feathers and distinctive black, white, and yellow coloring rather than the rounded head and brown shading of the bird in the paintings. Moreover, the concept of this book will be lost on the tots to whom it is targeted.—Susan Scheps, formerly at Shaker Heights Public Library, OH

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