Eggs!: A lift-the-flap counting book full of surprises!

By Author / Illustrator

Katie Dale, Jenny Lovlie

Genre

Baby & Toddler Books

Publisher

Nosy Crow Ltd

ISBN

9781839945601

Format

Board book

Published

02-03-2023

Synopsis

Can you guess what's inside these eggs? Lift the card flaps to discover all kinds of baby animals! This book encourages children to count the eggs from one to five, while lifting the sturdy flaps to discover some surprising little creatures that hatch from eggs.

Illustrated by the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winning artist Jenny Lovlie in sumptuous, textured detail, with a read-aloud rhyming text from Katie Dale, this beautiful board book will delight young readers.

Scan the Stories Aloud QR code on the back cover the read along with the story!

Reviews

Lets talk about the newest board book release from Katie Dale, Eggs! There are so many teaching and learning elements to this children's book whilst being such a joy to read and experience. If award-winning artist Jenny Lovlie's cute chick illustrations on the cover haven't already stolen your heart, then Katie Dale's words will! Katie Dale is incredibly successful with over 100 children's books published all over the world. It is clear to see that she knows exactly how to keep children engaged as an active listener.

The following rhythmic and rhyming verse is used on each page for our children to quickly grasp and join in with: "In the ... lies a nest. What's inside it? Have you guessed? ... egg cracks and rocks about…" The questions in this verse encourage our little ones to guess what might be inside the egg. They may even draw on their knowledge of baby animals which come from eggs and use the various locations in the book (desert, river, jungle, ocean and farmyard) as clues.

Each egg requires two flaps to be lifted to open it. This is one of my favourite features of the book as it has been a great challenge for my toddler to learn to open two flaps at the same time! With tightly sealed eggs and finger cut-outs to support on opening them, fine motor skills are most definitely put to the test.

If all of that learning isn't enough… your child is also learning to repeatedly count from zero until they reach 5. Being able to count is one important skill, but being able to count and point to the corresponding objects is a skill which requires a good understanding of 1:1 correspondence.

There is so much to learn and discover… a rest might just be needed afterwards! That is even catered for too with an accompanying audio book full of sound effects which is accessed by scanning a QR code. This book should have pride of place at home and in every nursery, pre-school and Reception classroom.

Board book / Reviewed by Jessica Bunney, teacher