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PreS-Gr 1—Four eggs: pink, yellow, blue, and green. Three eggs crack: pink; yellow, blue, but not green. Three surprises: a pink chick, a yellow chick, and a blue chick hatch. Three fly away: pink, yellow, blue chicks; green egg stays put, waiting and waiting and waiting. Three friends return to listen to the green egg. They peck (and peck peck peck and peck some more) until the crack reveals a surprise: a green crocodile. Frightened fledglings fly away, leaving the small green reptile "alone," "sad," "lonely," and "miserable." Th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the latest offering from modern picture-book master Henkes (Waiting, rev. 9/15), we are introduced to four different eggs, each a different pastel color and each occupying its own separate quadrant of the page: "egg / egg / egg / egg." The drama begins on the facing page--"crack / crack / crack / egg"-- when three little chicks hatch, and the fourth egg…waits. The three hatchlings, concerned, gather 'round the egg and instigate a furious pecking campaign. Finally: "crack," th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More