Who's Hatching?

I love Charles Reasoner's books and this one is very cute! Although the text is quite basic, my 20 month old enjoys it and already knows each of the phrases (pecking, scratching, bumping, etc.). It's cute! I personally like Who's Bugging You? better and would recommend that book as well.

I have a small collection of his books all are winners. And if you like his try Matthew Van Fleet...another stellar childrens writer!

This is a delightful preschool children's book that is part of a series of sliding surprise books. It is "hands-on" in two different ways. The first has the child sliding the page out to see what's inside. The second is that it lends itself very nicely to teaching children Sign Language due to it's simplistic and repetitious vocabulary. I use this book to expand language skills in preschool children who have language delays as well as children whose language is normal developing. The children love the drawings, anticipating the surprise and being able to "read" the book with me. The entire series of books should be in every preschool library!

You read, "Who's that scratching to get out?" Then you pull the page out and out comes an alligator. Everything from a chick to a platypus is hatching in this book. The illustrations are delightful and complement the simple text. I highly recommend it to parents of young children and teachers. I used it with my kindergarten class when I taught a unit on animals that hatch from eggs. The children loved it and so did their teacher. Mr. Reasoner has a winner here! Only suggestion I might have is you might want to reinforce the top and bottom of the pages where they pull out. The children can get enthusiastic and pull too hard and pull the book apart.