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The egg book : see how baby animals hatch, step by step!

Burton, Robert, 1941-2023
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Watch every remarkable stage of baby animals hatching from their eggs. Many animals start life inside eggs and this book explores these magical capsules in detail, with stunning photographs of the moment the creatures emerge. Featuring more than 20 animals - including a penguin, a tortoise, and even a slug - this book documents the moment of hatching step by step. Learn how birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates hatch from their eggs, as well as what happens inside an egg's shell. See the biggest egg in the world hatching, find out which animals have jellylike eggs, and which animals' egg cases are known as 'mermaids' purses'. With expert information and jaw-dropping photography, 'The Egg Book' is the ideal gift for any child with a love of nature and baby animals.
Main title:
The egg book : see how baby animals hatch, step by step! / author, Robert Burton ; additional text, Dr. S. James Reynolds ; original photography, Jane Burton, Kim Taylor ; illustrator, Ella Ginn.
Author:
Burton, Robert, 1941-, authorReynolds, S. James (Silas James), authorBurton, Jane, 1933-2007, photographer (expression)Taylor, Kim, 1933-, photographer (expression)Ginn, Ella, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2023.
Collation:
77 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
"Material in this publication was previously published in Egg (1994)."Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.pym; pyu.
ISBN:
9780241585597 (hbk)
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
3238881
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