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Color photographs of eggs along with hints as to the identity of the animals who have laid the eggs say, "Look who's hatching!". Find out who by lifting the flaps.

Lars finds and hatches a snow goose egg overlooked by the new chick's mother.

"Hilarious chaos ensues when Jim agrees to watch Oxpecker's egg, which rolls away while he takes a break for lunch and ends up in Snake's nest where the snake hatchlings think Jim is their mother"--

"As this wordless story opens, a crane lays an egg and contentedly sits on it. But when a gust of wind from a sudden storm blows the egg from the nest, the heartbroken crane flies away. And then, from high overhead, the bird spots something. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an egg. And since it seems to be all alone, the crane takes it back to the nest and incubates it. When sounds start coming from the egg and it's time to hatch, what emerges,...

Meet an endearing cast of characters in this collection of simple stories, each one just the right length for reading aloud when bedtime beckons.