<DIV>WHICH CAME FIRST?  The chicken or the egg?  Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>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.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><DIV><I>First the Egg</I> is a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.</DIV></DIV>