How an egg grows into a chicken
By: written by Tanya Kant ; illustrated by Carolyn Franklin
Contributors: Franklin, Carolyn, 1956- illustrator
Series: Amaze series; Amaze (Children's Press (New York, N.Y.))
Publisher: Children's Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780531240472; 9780531238011
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Life cycles; Life cycle; Juvenile literature; Chickens; Life cycles (Biology); Domestic animals
Description: "Why do chickens lay eggs? Why do they sit on them? And why doesn't the egg break when the hen sits on it? Follow the amazing life cycle of a chicken from egg to adult."--Cover back.
Table of contents: title: What is a chicken?; title: Why do hens build nests?; title: What is inside an egg?; title: How does the chicken grow inside the egg?; title: Why does a hen sit on her eggs?; title: When does the egg hatch?; title: How does the chick break free from its egg?; title: What do chicks eat?; title: When does a chick start to look like a chicken?; title: What animals like to eat chicken eggs?; title: Why do humans keep chickens?; title: Chicken facts; title: Things to do; title: Life cycle of a chicken.