Small Speckled Egg (Start Small, Think Big #1)
by Mary Auld (Author) Anna Terreros-Martin (Illustrator)
Start Small, Think Big sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning with small miracles of life and connecting them to the big picture of our natural world. Each book features a large fold-out illustration on the final pages.
Small Speckled Egg starts with an egg. The fluffy chick that emerges is an Arctic tern - one of the most remarkable creatures on the planet. The story of her life is told clearly and carefully in a way that builds understanding. The illustrations draw the reader into the tern's world to watch her grow from chick to juvenile, and marvel at her long migration from the top of the world to the bottom and back again.
It's a journey she does every year of her life. The story ends with her meeting her lifelong mate and the 50 adorable chicks they have in their lifetime.
To make this a truly special elementary-science picture book, there is a big fold-out map; an illustrated lifecycle; big-thinking stats and facts, and an I-Spy to take young readersback into in the book to find the polar animals. This book also features a die cut hole in the cover.
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Kirkus
Specific but easily absorbable facts combined with illustrations that reward closer (and repeated) looks make this book particularly appealing for younger readers, alone or in groups. More than enough verbal and visual appeal to fly off shelves. (Informational picture book. 6-8)
ALA/Booklist
The real wow-factor appears in each book’s final spread, which folds out into a four-page display that includes a map, an illustrated recap of the plant or animal life cycle, an “I-Spy” feature that sends kids back through the book, and a “Think Big!” box of big-picture facts.
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF052000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | General
Behavior
Antarctica
Migration
Illustrated works
Informational works
Arctic tern
Arctic terns
