Seven Hungry Babies
By (Author) Candace Fleming
Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Simon & Schuster
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
23rd March 2010
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
40
Width 229mm, Height 254mm, Spine 10mm
426g
Seven bitty baby birds are hungry, hungry, hungryand theyre letting Mama know. Feed us! Feed us! the little ones chant, and Mama calms them as only a mother canbefore she frantically flies away to gather more delectable worms. Readers can count with Mama Bird as she zooms back and forth across the pages, going from seven hungry babies to noneuntil one by one the babies wake up againhungry!
Candace Fleming is the acclaimed author of numerous books for children, includingthe Bulldozer books;Ben Franklins Almanac,an ALA Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, as well asMuncha! Muncha! Muncha!,and Sibert Medal honoreesThe Honeybee, andThe Giant Squid. She lives in a suburb of Chicago.
Eugene Yelchin is a Russian-born illustrator who started with the Leningrad Institute of Theater Arts. He began his career designing sets and costumes for the stage, he also co-founded a childrens theatre in Siberia. After he moved to Boston, he became an illustrator. Mr. Yelchinhas received the Tomie DePaola Illustration Award . He lives in Topanga, California. His website is www.eugeneyelchin.com.