An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Aston

Aston, Dianna. (2006). An Egg is Quiet. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Grade Level:
I would recommend this book for students in grades K-3.

Author Credibility:
Aston has written several children’s books. Aston often goes on searches for eggs. This book is a Children’s Choice for 2006.

Summary:
This book describes different types of eggs. An aspect of the egg is presented then examples are given. These examples are then further described. The aspects described are: an egg is warm and cozy, an egg is colorful, an egg is shapely, an egg is clever, eggs come in different sizes, an egg is artistic, an egg is textured, an egg might be fossilized, an egg is giving, and an egg is noisy.

Standards:
Science: Life Science

Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book were done by Sylvia Long. They are paintings done with ink and water colors. They are colorful, and they describe what is going on in the text.

Access Features:
*Captions accompany illustrations

How I would use the book in the classroom:
I would use this book in my classroom to study eggs. This book looks at the different aspects of an egg. There is so much more to a thing that seems so simple. You could also use this book to explore the animals that come out of the eggs.

My response to the book:
I really enjoyed reading this book. It seemed soothing to me. The illustrations were beautiful. I really did not realize there was so much to something as simple as an egg.

Related Texts:
* A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston
*Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
*Eggs by Michel Roux and Martin Brigdale

Other:
The end pages of this book are blue and speckled like a robin’s egg. Additional end pages show a variety of different eggs. The name of the animal is listed under the eggs. Additional end pages at the back show the birds that come from the eggs. The name of the bird is under the bird. The words in the book are written in cursive. They are elaborate. Accompanying text further describes different types of eggs.