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A Nest Full of Eggs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

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My 5 year old son and I found this to be a very enjoyable book. I appreciate this book because it is so informative, yet reads more like a story than a textbook. The story begins in the Spring as the robin builds her nest and lays her eggs. It continues as the eggs hatch, and the birds grow up. The story closes as the birds leave in late September and explains that they will return the next Spring. I feel this "Full Circle" approach is very helpful to young learners. All throughout the book this story uses new words for children to learn and very naturally weaves the definitions into the story. The illustrations are a tremendous asset as they help to reinforce the new words. There are several processes shown step by step such as the development within an egg and the building of a nest. They are clearly and delightfully explained and also very well illustrated. I sometimes come across a children's book that captures my attention, yet fails to interest my son. What value does such a book have it it fails to reach the audience it was written for? I find this is not the problem with "A Nest Full of Eggs" as it is entertaining for both adults and children, while having the substance adults would like to teach to children. It is written for children yet does not talk down to them. This book is a part of a larger series called,"Let's read and Find out Science". I have also enjoyed reading others in the series and would highly recommend investigating this series.

I don't even know how this book got into our small collection, but my almost 4 yr old daughter was immediately captivated by the story-like narrative of how robins make a nest, lay eggs, develop, hatch and learn to fly. Also, it shows the feather of about 20 birds, pictures of them around the world, about 8 different eggs and 10 different places birds make nests (including a floating nest!) I thought these lists/iterations would leave her bored, but now I can't get past them. She wants to know them all and tries to guess when I ask her which is which. I am very impressed by the simplicity of the narrative and illustrations in this book - perfect for little minds to keep focused on. I will be looking out for other books in this series.

A great book to use in the spring in classrooms. Great for supplemental material for a unit on birds or the life cycle of animals. Great illustrations and text. A must-have book for home or school.

We have a whole bunch of the "Let's Read and Find Out" series, and my houseful of little kids enjoy them. But this one is one of the best--rather surprisingly!

I wasn't expecting it, to be honest. We did a unit on birds and birdwatching, and I picked this up from the library thinking nothing special. But it showed the steps of making a nest, and the sequence of robins laying their eggs one at a time. It also showed something very important for little kids--the growth of a robin INSIDE an egg. My kids were thrilled to "see" inside an egg which looks rather boring from the outside! The author showed it in stages from yolk to hatching. Then she included the baby birds growing their feathers and some other interesting follow up stuff about backyard birds in general.

So the ability of the book to walk little kids through the steps of everything really helped them to understand robins from the inside out. There was not too much text per page. The illustrations were colored and helpful. There were only a couple words my first grader needed help on, when rereading independently.

And my kids read it over and over again! That was the real test--we eventually had to buy it. Two thumbs up.