First the Egg - by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The acclaimed author of "Black? White? Day? Night?" gives an entirely fresh presentation of the concepts of transformation and creativity in this book with simple die-cuts that magically present change from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, and caterpillar to butterfly. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>WHICH CAME FIRST? The chicken or the egg? Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. <p/>The acclaimed author of <i>Black? White! Day? Night! </i>and<i> Lemons Are Not Red</i> gives an entirely fresh and memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity. Seed becomes flower, paint becomes picture, word becomes story--and the commonplace becomes extraordinary as children look through and turn the pages of this novel and winning book. <p/><i>First the Egg </i>by bestselling author and illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"In another nimble page-turner, Seeger (Black? White! Day? Night!) toys with die-cuts and strategically paired words. She introduces a chicken-or-egg dilemma on her book's cover, picturing a plump white egg in a golden-brown nest. Remove the die-cut dust jacket, and a hen appears on the glossy inner cover. The eggshell, thickly brushed in bluish-white and cream, also serves as the chicken's feathers. This first/then pattern is repeated (First the egg/ then the chicken./ First the tadpole/ then the frog), with a die-cut on every other page. By flipping a page, readers see the cutout in two contexts. For instance, when an ovoid shape is superimposed on a white ground, it's an egg; on a yolk-yellow ground, it's the body of a baby chick. Seeger lines up the recto and verso of every sheet, maintaining a casual mood with generous swabs of grassy greens, sky blues and oxide yellows on canvas. Given the exuberant imagery, the occasional cutout (like the fingernail-size seed of a blowsy peony-pink flower) looks none too impressive. But if minuscule die-cuts seem barely worth the trouble, they do imply the potential in humble sources. Seeger's clever conclusion brings all the elements together in an outdoor scene that returns readers to the opening: First the paint/ then the picture... / First the chicken/ then the egg! Ages 2-6. (Sept.)" --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"A deceptively simple, decidedly playful sequence of statements invites readers to ponder, what comes first: the chicken or the egg? Carefully choreographed page turns and die-cuts focus on the process of change and becoming, so First sits alone on a yellow background, facing the EGG--an egg-shaped die-cut revealing a white egg against an orange-and-brown background. Turn the page, and then appears, the egg-shaped die-cut now forming the yellow body of a chick emerging from the shell, facing the CHICKEN--the white hen whose body gave color to the previous spread's egg. Tadpole and frog, seed and flower, caterpillar and butterfly all receive the same treatment, then word and story, paint and picture bring all the disparate elements together, nature being the catalyst for art. Seeger's vibrant, textured oil-on-canvas illustrations contain a wealth of subtlety, allowing the die-cuts to reveal cunning surprises with each turn of the page. Children and adults alike will delight in flipping the sturdy pages back and forth to recreate the transformations over and over again. Another perfectly pitched triumph from an emerging master of the concept book. (Picture book. 2-6)" --<i>Kirkus Reviews Starred Review</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Laura Vaccaro Seeger</b> has been called the queen of the concept book by <i>The Horn Book</i> and is the winner of many awards including two Caldecott Honors, two Geisel Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her books include <i>The First Egg</i>, <i>One Boy</i>, <i>Green</i>, and the Dog and Bear series.
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