What Will Hatch?

by Jennifer Ward, Susie Ghahremani (Illustrator)

Overview

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?

Product Details

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

About the Author

Jennifer Ward has authored several picture books, including her recent Feathers and Hair: What Animals Wear and Mama Built a Little Nest. Jennifer currently lives in southern Illinois, where she writes full-time.

www.jenniferwardbooks.com

Susie Ghahremani is an award-winning illustrator, exhibiting artist, and designer of the popular and whimsically illustrated gift brand boygirlparty®. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and she lives in Southern California.

boygirlparty.com

Instagram: @boygirlparty

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

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

Editorial Reviews

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