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Title The egg book : see how baby animals hatch, step by step! / [author, Robert Burton ; additional text, Dr. S. James Reynolds ; original photography, Jane Burton, Kim Taylor ; illustrator, Ella Ginn].
Author Burton, Robert, 1941- author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : DK, 2023.
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 Alafaya  J 591.468 BUR    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 591.468 BUR    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J 591.468 BUR    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J 591.468 BUR    Check Shelves
Edition First American edition.
Description 79 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
"Material in this publication was previously published in Egg (1994)"--Title page verso.
"Contains content previously published in Egg."--Cover.
Contents What is an egg? -- Who has eggs? -- Nesting -- Inside an egg -- Common ostrich -- Roman goose -- Moorhen -- Bird eggs -- Black swan -- Muscovy duck -- Golden pheasant -- Japanese quail -- Aylesbury duck -- Cunning cuckoos -- Humboldt penguin -- Bullfinch -- Common starling -- Mute swan -- Crowned lapwing -- Common pigeon -- Tawny owl -- Miniature nest -- Leopard tortoise -- Corn snake -- Leopard gecko -- Common frog -- Great crested newt -- Eggs in strings -- Rainbow trout -- Goldfish -- Dogfish -- Fish eggs -- Swallowtail butterfly -- Seven-spotted ladybug -- Eggs on stalks -- Southern hawker dragonfly -- Insect eggs -- Kerry slug.
Summary "Find out all about how eggs hatch step by step in this fascinating baby animal book for children. Many animals start life inside eggs and this book explores these magical capsules in detail, with stunning photographs of the moment the creatures emerge. Featuring more than 20 animals--including a penguin, a tortoise, and even a slug--this book documents the moment of hatching in detail. Children aged 5-7 can learn how birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates hatch from their eggs, as well as what happens inside an egg's shell"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Embryology -- Juvenile literature.
Eggs -- Juvenile literature.
Embryology.
Eggs.
Eggs. (OCoLC)fst00903849
Embryology. (OCoLC)fst00908425
Genre Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
Instructional and educational works. (OCoLC)fst01919931
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Added Author Reynolds, S. James (Silas James), author.
Burton, Jane, 1933-2007, photographer.
Taylor, Kim, 1933- photographer.
Ginn, Ella, illustrator.
ISBN 9780744069969 (hc.) : $17.99
0744069963 (hc.)
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