Chick See How They Grow

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LONDON, NEW YORK,
MELBOURNE, MUNICH, AND DELHI

Writer Angela Royston


Art Editor Nigel Hazle
Photographer Jane Burton

Revised Paperback Edition


Project Editor Charlie Gardner
Designers Hannah Mee, Wayne Redwood
Production Controller Vivianne Ridgeway
DTP Designer David Meier
Jacket Designer Adam Hall
U.S. Editor Jennifer Quasha

First published in the United States in 1992


This revised edition published in 2007
by DK Publishing
375 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014

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Hatching
This is my mother.€
She is sitting on her eggs.€
Inside each egg a chick is growing.€
One of them is me.
I start to chip around the
inside of my eggshell.

I push my shell apart.

At last I am free.
t o f t h e egg
Ou
I am one hour old. My
feathers have dried and
now they are soft and downy.
My brothers and sisters have
hatched, too. We are chirping to
each other.
r n
Lea ing to f ee d
I am three days old and I am feeling hungry.€
My mother is eating seed.€
How does she do it?€
I watch her carefully.
I stretch up and take the
seed from her beak.

It tastes so good I decide


to peck some myself.
A drink of wat e r
I am eight days old now.€
New feathers are
growing on my wings.

What is Mom doing?€


She is dipping her beak
into a bowl of water.
I hop into the bowl.€
The water is cool and wet.€
My sister is getting in, too!
False alarm
I am two weeks old.€
Today I am looking for
food with my mother.

My mother is flapping her wings.


She clucks at us to run away.
Is something wrong?€
It is a false alarm.€
Nothing is wrong.€
Mom calls us back.
Meeting Dad

I am four weeks old now.€


I am growing bigger
every day.

Here is my father.€
Look how big he is!
Dad is very friendly.€
He lets me ride on his back.
G ro w i ng big ger
I am eight weeks old and
all my feathers have grown.

I have a bright red comb on


my head and a red wattle
under my beak.
I am big and
strong. At last I can
take care of myself.

I use my beak to
keep myself neat and clean.€
I am proud of my fine feathers.
S ee ho w I gre w

Just hatched
The egg

Three days old Eight days old Two weeks old


Four weeks old Eight weeks old
ee how th e y grow
S Cross Sell Butterfly
Watch a butterfly come out from
its cocoon and spread its wings
ISBN 978-0-7566-3014-0

Chick
See an egg hatch and a chick emerge
ISBN 978-0-7566-3015-7

Frog
Watch a frog develop from frog spawn to tadpole to leaping frog
ISBN 978-0-7566-3016-4

Kitten
See a tiny kitten become a playful young cat
ISBN 978-0-7566-3017-1

Pig
Watch a piglet change into a big chubby pig
ISBN 978-0-7566-3018-8

Puppy
See a playful puppy grow into a mature dog
ISBN 978-0-7566-3019-5
how they gro
se e

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See how I grow from a fluffy,
yellow chick into a fine young rooster.
Watch the animals grow in this series of natural history books for the very young. Superb,
step-by-step photographs, stylish layouts bursting with color, and simple imaginative text
combine to form a charming, informative story for a parent and child to share.
Each book includes a sticker sheet with lots of images of the animals featured in the book
Other titles in this series:

I S B N 978-0-7566-3015-7
50399

9 780756 630157

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$4.99 Canada under 36 months www.dk.com

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