First the egg
Record details
- ISBN: 1596432721
- ISBN: 9781596432727
- ISBN: 9781596432727
- ISBN: 1596432721
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Physical Description:
28 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New Milford, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Neal Porter book." |
Summary, etc.: | Using simple text and illustrations, shows how animals and objects change, including tadpoles to frogs and seeds to flowers, in a book with cutouts so that certain colors from the previous picture help create the next picture. |
Target Audience Note: | K-3 Follett Library Resources 2.0 |
Awards Note: | Caldecott Honor Book, 2008. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Growth Developmental biology Juvenile literature |
Available copies
- 59 of 64 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 64 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | J 571.8 SEE (Text) | 33625000334644 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/03/2024 |
Author Notes
First the Egg
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator. Laura is also a 2-time Caldecott Honor Award winner as well as a winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book, and a 2-time winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. She is also the recipient of the Empire State Award for Body of Work and Contribution to Children's Literature. Laura's paintings have been exhibited in many museums and galleries including the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Public Library. Laura earned her BFA degree at the School of Fine Art and Design at the State University of New York at Purchase. She moved to Manhattan to begin a career as an animator, artist, designer, and editor in the network television business. She created show openings and special segments for NBC and ABC for many years and won an Emmy Award for an NBC Special opening animation. Laura is the author of the Dog and Bear Series, First the Egg, Green, I Had a Rooster, Lemons are Not Red, One Boy, The Hidden Alphabet, Walter was Worried, and What If? (Bowker Author Biography)