How to Hatch: A Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free

by Sara Holly Ackerman, Galia Bernstein (Illustrator)

Overview

Discover how a gosling hatches into the world, step by step, in this irresistibly cute and funny nonfiction picture book.

Is it getting stuffy in there?
Has your yolk dwindled to a smidge?
Is the beak in your wingpit cramping your style?
Gosling, it’s time to . . .
HATCH!

With humorous, spare text that reads as an insructional "how to", this story is a delight to read aloud and walks children through every step of the hatching process—with a surprise ending that all readers will enjoy.

Includes bonus facts on gosling hatching and growth, as well as an author's note from the author, an experienced preschool and elementary teacher who has hatched many goslings herself in the classroom. Perfect for Easter baskets!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593811061
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/13/2026
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sara Holly Ackerman is a school librarian in Brooklyn, NY and the author of several children’s books, including The Gabi That Girma Wore, Not Just the Driver!, and Challah for Shabbat Tonight.

Galia Bernstein loves animals and has been studying and drawing them since she was two years old. She is the author and illustrator of three popular picture books, which have been published in many countries around the world, and the illustrator of many more. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with a very small dog and a large cat.