Description
Very Good- dust jacket, wear at the head and foot of the spine and corners. The Very Good binding is illustrated paper over boards, little girl with a book looking at a nest with eggs, black lettering on the cover, black lettering on the spine, illustration on the rear cover of an egg, corners lightly bumped. The illustrations on the book are the same as the illustrations on the dust jacket. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The colorful illustrations by the Provensens can be found on every page. Book measures 9.8″ wide x 12.8″ Tall. This is “A Big Golden Book”
About the book: (from the dust jacket)
WHO’S IN THE EGG? By Alice and Martin Provensen. The Provensens have been thinking about eggs, all kinds of eggs: “Chocolate eggs, Easter eggs… freckled and speckled eggs…EGGS IN A NEST.”
In this gentle introduction to the beginnings of life, children will learn about eggs and the many different creatures that lay them. Turtles and snakes and lizards lay eggs..Fishand frogs and fowl lay eggs in batches of hatches…Bugs and spiders lay eggs in hills and traps and webs…
The sensitive, poetic text, illustrated with beautiful full-color paintings, captures the wonder and enchantment children feel as they explore life, Eggs are full of surprises, and so is this newest book by the Provensens.
About the author/Illustrator: (from the dust jacket)
Alice and Martin Provensen are among the most gifted and admired illustrators of children’s books. With each new book. this delightful husband and wife team wins recognition and praise from all over the world. In WHO’S INTHE EGG? the Provensens show not only their remarkable artistic talents, but their wonderful writing abilities as well. Their pictures and text combine to make a remarkably sensitive book that young children will love.
