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“First the EGG then the CHICKEN.“

First the Egg is an easy read that has a strong message. It would be a perfect nonfiction children's book to have in a classroom library for young children. It introduces the topic of lifecycles and transformations as well as inspires children about creativity and imagination.

First the Egg is a nonfiction children's book written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. First the Egg is a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. It is a book about transformations such as from egg to chicken, and seed to flower. It is also a book about creativity as paint becomes picture, and word becomes story.

“First the egg, then the chicken. First the tadpole then the frog.“

Using “First the Egg“ in your classroom can improve your instructional materials and give young children an engaging approach to learn and explore important ideas while developing a love of reading. This book is fascinating and diverse, and it may be utilized in a variety of ways to enhance early childhood education programs.

First, the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a nonfiction children's literature book. The picture book delves into the ideas of cause and effect and transformations. The book illustrates how things develop and evolve with innovative die-cut pages and straightforward, repeating text. Every turn of the page exposes a change from one thing to another, always accompanied by the words “first the,“ which appear before the original object, and “then the.“

“First the word, then the story“ This line really stood out to me because it describes how words can become larger and that it can make an abundance of stories.

This book is very direct in how the information is presented. It doesn't have a lot of words but the words themselves are powerful. I think that this book would be good for early elementary students when talking about transformations and how a small idea can become something large.

This book illustrates the many transformations we see in the life. It starts off with an egg to a chicken then proceeds to a word to story. This book has little words but the illustrations speak louder than the words.

Caldecott Medal 2008
Review:
This picture book is very simple, but the awe comes from the pages and illustration. The illustrations are great, but as you turn the pages, each page uses the last to create something new. It is something I havent' seen a lot and reminds me of the hungry catepillar.
Blurb:
This book would be good for students in prek-1st grade. It's not difficult but good for beginner readers.
Quote:
“First the word, then the story.“

“ first the word the the story.“

I love how the author uses paint to create these illustrations. They are bright and colorful. Perfect for kids.

Published in 2007 this is a really fun picture book. It looks like the author used paint to create the illustrations which really turned out awesome. I think this is a good book to have in class.

“First the egg”

Super cute how the title page has a picture of an egg rather than the word “egg”. I also liked the holes in the pages foreshadowing to the next sequence of life!

I would love to have this book in my classroom. Super educational and shows the development of life. I believe the students would be super involved and interactive.

I really like this picture.

This book would be great to help children learn how things grow. This book would be good for them to read alone or in a group setting and talk about what they learned.

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, 2007. Children‘s Award-Winning Book. This book is perfect to teach children the basics. I like how the cutouts make something new on each page. The words are typed in a big font and the colors are bold but simple. I like how the illustrations look painted.

I liked how this book had cut outs through out it, it made it more fun to look at and read.

“First the chicken then the egg!”

I liked how the beginning of the book has the egg first and then the chicken and at the end of the book it‘s the opposite because this is still a mystery to me which comes first.

This book can teach students small lessons! I like that it is an easy read but gets the point across. Also, poses a debate in which whether chickens or eggs come first.

“First the chicken, then the egg.”

First the Egg was published in 2007 and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. This is a children‘s award- winning book. The book goes through some living things/ some events in which something has to happen first before something else. For example, first the caterpillar then the butterfly.

First the seed, then the flower

The pictures were fun and unique!

First the Egg was written by Laura Seeger in 2007. This is a great book that has fun pictures in it! Its great to read when looking at how things transition! I highly suggest to read this to younger kids!

First the WORD, then the STORY.

This book was so simple, but so intriguing. I loved the cut outs and illustrations. I would love to have this book in my classroom someday.

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger was written in 2007 and is a Caldecott Honor book. This book would be so fun for children because of the interactive cut outs in the pages. It is also a good resource to teach children about the succession of things in a fun and enjoyable way for them. This book was very simple, but at the same time very intriguing. A lot of thought had to have gone into the cut outs and layout.

I really liked the simple wording and illustrations to show such a complex idea. It wasn‘t super creative, but really cute! And it had the cutouts on each page that showed the egg but also played a part in the picture of the chicken!

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, published in 2007 and a Caldecott winner, was an interesting book. I enjoyed it a lot, especially for younger grades, because it shows how things change from one to another. It shows the evolution & changing of things in a very simple matter, which is important for young grades to start to understand. It was multiple examples of things in nature or, like paint, that changed.

This Caldecott Honor and Theodor Sues Geisel Honor book is a great informational text for young readers and ELS.
The text is simple and the illustrations are detailed and colorful. It shows the pattern of before this, there was this.
Enrichment activities- https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56663dee841abafca76d6f46/t/583f45ba414fb5...
UDL- 7.3
EL- simple, bold, large text
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I like how this book shows children what comes before an animal is it‘s adult stage.

It‘s about what comes first to make an animal.

Kids loved this

This 2008 Geisel Award Winning NF book by Laura Vaccaro Seeger is great for a RA. It is a great book for students to learn where things came from and what they will become. It is a great book to teach sequencing and
http://wiseowlcathy.blogspot.com/2017/04/first-the-egg-sequencing-mentor-texts-C... is a great resource to extend on. EL 44 which deals with thinkong skills, in this case sequence, and UDL 3.2 which highlights patterns and