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Eggs come in many different shapes and sizes, but the most important question to young, curious minds is what will hatch? Science for the very young is done best through joyous learning; education will certainly hatch from these pages.

Lena liked to sit in her mother's garden and watch the chickens. But something is missing in this happy group of hens...a sweet little chick! How fortunate that plump little Alma had just laid an egg. But to Lena's surprise, Alma does not seem interested in hatching it. Lena makes a snap decision and attempts to surprise everyone by hatching the chick herself. However, hatching an egg is more difficult than Lena thinks, and the journey from egg to...

"As everyone rushes to see the little bird hatch from his egg, they are greeted by a surprise when a pig is inside the egg instead." --

"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,...

"There's big news in the barn - Doodle, the rooster, is going to be a dad! But when the hen won't sit on the eggs to keep them warm, it's up to Libby to care for the soon-to-be hatchlings." --

"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"--

The newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way back to the ocean, but when Luna breaks apart, Diego and Tuga the Leatherback Sea Turtle need your help to find the moon's four pieces so she can shine bright again. Puma wants to sing in Alicia's rainforest concert, wbut when he scares off the other animal singers, Diego and the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs need you help to find them all. Rhea feels bad because he's a bird that can't fly,...