Ten Little Eggs [Hardcover]

Jean Marzollo (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

10 little eggs in a world so fine . . .
One became a red bird and then there were nine.

9 little eggs, one couldn't wait . . .
One became a yellow bird,
and then there were eight.

Count down as the ten little eggs
disappear one by one
and become ten beautiful birds.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jean Marzollo is the author of many books for children, including Home Sweet Home, Sun Song, and the Growing Tree title Do You Know New? She lives in Cold Spring, NY.

AWARDS: 2000 Rip Van Winkle Award by School Lib. Media Specialists of SE NY Assoc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (January 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060530529
• ISBN-13: 978-0060530525
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,045,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jean Marzollo was born and raised in Manchester, Connecticut.

She says, "As a child, I loved to read and sew dolls' clothes, one outfit after another. I am a graduate of Manchester High School, the University of Connecticut, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. After working as a high school English teacher and editor of Scholastic's "Let's Find Out" kindergarten magazine with Carol Devine Carson for 20 years, I began writing children's books. I have written over 130 books, including the award-winning, best-selling I SPY series for children, written completely in rhythm and rhyme. Rhythm and rhyme are like music without the tune; they lure and excite the ear. Children love rhythm and rhyme, and so do I. Do you know that I SPY actually has the same rhythm as "Old Mother Hubbard" and also rap? I treasure the beautiful, intricate photographs by Walter Wick in the I SPY books. When I wrote the first I SPY book, I automatically thought of kindergarten children so everything that I called for was concrete, something a 5-year-old can find. The result is a hunting game that children and grownups can play together successfully. Sometimes children are better than their parents! In recent years I took up painting and have begun to illustrate my own "books on paper" and "books online." You can see them on my website: jeanmarzollo.com. Writing and illustrating picture books today is as much fun as sewing dolls' clothes was when I was in third grade. As soon as I'm done with one book, I'm happily compelled to start the next."

Jean Marzollo lives in Upstate New York.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Gem, May 5, 2008

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Leta - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Little Eggs (Hardcover)

This is such a wonderful toddler/preschool book. It teaches colors and counting, it comes in a nice heavy binding, the eggs are 3D (making for a fun tactile addition), the rhymes are tight and a blast to read aloud, and the illustrations are just beautiful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book, January 6, 2009

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Smart Shopper (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Little Eggs (Hardcover)

I bought this for my 2.5 year-old granddaughter and it has become one of her very favorites.
She is learning to count frontwards and backwards with this one.
Highly rec. it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, Fun & Educational!, March 31, 2008

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Sherry North "Author, Because You Are My Baby" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Little Eggs (Hardcover)

Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Baby

This is a clever book that combines a unique novelty element (plastic eggs on every page) with simple, rhyming text that is a pleasure to read aloud. As other reviewers have pointed out, kids love counting the eggs on each page, so it's a great introduction to counting and also subtraction - there is one less egg on each page. My son enjoyed this book when he was 2 and he still likes it now that he is 4.