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First the Egg

by Laura Vaccar Seeger

First the Egg Cover

ISBN13: 9781596432727
ISBN10: 1596432721
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Less Than Standard
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WHICH CAME FIRST?  The chicken or the egg?  Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. The acclaimed author of  Black? White! Day? Night! and Lemons Are Not Red gives an entirely fresh and  memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity.  Seed becomes flower, paint becomes picture, word becomes story--and the commonplace becomes extraordinary as children look through and turn the pages of this novel and winning book.

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"In another nimble page-turner, Seeger (Black? White! Day? Night!) toys with die-cuts and strategically paired words. She introduces a chicken-or-egg dilemma on her book's cover, picturing a plump white egg in a golden-brown nest. Remove the die-cut dust jacket, and a hen appears on the glossy inner cover. The eggshell, thickly brushed in bluish-white and cream, also serves as the chicken's feathers. This 'first/then' pattern is repeated ('First the egg/ then the chicken./ First the tadpole/ then the frog'), with a die-cut on every other page. By flipping a page, readers see the cutout in two contexts. For instance, when an ovoid shape is superimposed on a white ground, it's an egg; on a yolk-yellow ground, it's the body of a baby chick. Seeger lines up the recto and verso of every sheet, maintaining a casual mood with generous swabs of grassy greens, sky blues and oxide yellows on canvas. Given the exuberant imagery, the occasional cutout (like the fingernail-size seed of a blowsy peony-pink flower) looks none too impressive. But if minuscule die-cuts seem barely worth the trouble, they do imply the potential in humble sources. Seeger's clever conclusion brings all the elements together in an outdoor scene that returns readers to the opening: 'First the paint/ then the picture... / First the chicken/ then the egg!' Ages 2-6. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

About the Author

Laura Vaccaro Seeger is an Emmy-award winning artist and the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of The Hidden Alphabet, Lemons Are Not Red, Walter Was Worried, and
Black? White! Day? Night!  All were named ALA Notable Books and Child Magazine Best Books of the Year.  Her most recent work is Dog and Bear, which Publishers Weekly called "utterly charming" in a starred review.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781596432727
Author:
Seeger, Laura Vaccar
Publisher:
Roaring Brook Press
Author:
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
Subject:
General
Subject:
Concepts - General
Subject:
Developmental Biology
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
32
Dimensions:
8.63x8.44x.40 in. .67 lbs.
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
04-06

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