This cute children's book follows the efforts of a mother hen as she tries to get her egg to hatch. In successive pages, she talks to it, cooks it spaghetti, knits it a warm woolly jacket, rocks it in a cradle, buries it in a hole and waters it, and finally falls asleep with it in exhaustion. Finally, the baby chick hatches and greets its mother. In a feature designed to delight, some of the pages have touchable textures (the wool sweater, the blanket) or movable parts (the spaghetti strands; mama's wing), the newly emerged chick jumps out of the last page as a pop-up. This book is especially suitable for pre-school children and those who are beginning their lifetime of reading. ( )

Prentenboek met kleurenillustraties en met beweegbare delen en voelelementen.