What happens when two baby chickens find themselves in a nest with a hawk? Don't hawks usually eat chickens? Sunshine, a red-tailed hawk, can no longer fly free. But her instinct to be a mother is so strong that she builds a nest in her aviary every spring and lays two infertile eggs. One year, Kara, her caretaker, decides to try something different. She gives Sunshine two chicken eggs. Join zoologist Kara Hagedorn and Sunshine to find out what happens...

Unsuspecting Jemima Puddle-Duck foolishly allows the cunning Fox to help her find a "safe" nest. Kep, the barnyard collie, and her pups rescue Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot.

Lists some of the many animals that lay eggs with illustrations of what hatches from them.

Describeds and identifies various bird eggs by their size, color, and pattern, including those of the ostrich, owl, and blue jay.

Explains why eating dairy products is healthy and describes how to cook using milk, eggs, yogurt, butter, and cheese.

A pictorial introduction to the animals that lay eggs, including chickens as well as other birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and even a few mammals.

Learn about how some animals begin their lives by hatching out of an egg

Pictures and text introduce various birds in different stages of caring for their eggs and their young.

"Identify eggs and animals that lay them with clues in this guessing book."--

"Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more"--