Egg to Chick (I Can Read Book 3) [Paperback]

Millicent E. Selsam (Author), Barbara Wolff (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 3

How an egg cell develops—from the time it is joined by a sperm until the baby chick is hatched 21 days later—is simply and clearly explained.

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About the Author

Millicent Selsam was a popular childrens science writer whose work includes Egg to Chick, a Reading Rainbow book illustrated by Barbara Wolff, and Gregs Microscope, illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Marlene Hill Donnelly is a staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (July 20, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006444113X
• ISBN-13: 978-0064441131
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,230,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A So-so answer to an Egg-cellent Question, December 5, 2005

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E. Kennen (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Egg to Chick (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

"How does an egg like this grow into a chicken like this?" Selman's book provides a detailed answer to what is surely a common question, beginning with a look inside the hen's body and even illustrating the stages of development of the chick within the egg.

Egg to Chick is supposedly geared towards ages 4-8, but it seems that younger kids would have trouble with some of the vocabulary (sperm, embryo) and concepts (dogs and humans start out as eggs; fish and human embryos look alike), while older kids might be bored with the simple cadence of the writing. Nonetheless this might be a nice resource for families that raise chickens or for exploring comparative anatomy in a relatively simple way.

1 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars LAST CALL.... FOR FLIGHT 21, October 1, 2000

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"elainaxyz" (bristow, oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Egg to Chick (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

Chicks don't fly at 21 days....they hatch! This is a very good book for the study of the life cycle of chickens. We used this to help our children (and us) to know what in the world was going on in those eggs.We have incubated and let the hens sit on the eggs. My advice: let the mommas do it. CAREFUL ! Roosters are lurking in this book ! You know what that means? Your children will if your not careful !Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I know, do you ? I JUST LOVE THE PICTURES OF THE GROWING CHICK IN THE EGG. SEE YA' AT THE HEN HOUSE.