Let's Hatch Chicks!

A nicely illustrated book which teaches about how chicks are hatched.  This book is very insightful and educational, but with the great illustrations and "fun facts" it is not overly technical and can be fun for a teacher to use in their classroom.  My daughter and her class hatched chicks in elementary school, and I can imagine this book would have been a very nice addition to that process.  Vocabulary words are highlighted in the text and definitions given in the glossary.

Let’s Hatch Chicks is an adorably informative nonfiction book for kids on everything chicken from mama hen to baby chick! I learned much about chickens that I didn’t know, and it was all presented in kid-friendly and knowledgeable way. The colorful illustrations really add to the experience, too. The timing of this book is great because I know of a few friends who are raising chickens for eggs, and how wonderful to be able to read a book like this with your children to teach them more about their chickens. Well-done, impressive book! 

Thank you to Lisa Steeler, Quarto Group, and Netgalley, for the book to read and review.

I enjoyed reading this book and the illustrations are detailed. I like the fact that there are hand drawn illustrations rather than just photographs as in many other information books which makes it different to many non fiction books children read. The information is detailed about chicks hatching, what they eat and how feathers are used. The glossary is comprehensive too. The author has asked questions to make the reader think about and fun facts. I really liked the layout of the content and would recommend this book.

When one of my first hens disappeared, I though she had been eaten by a hawk.  So much for having free-range chickens.

Imagine how surprised I was to not only discover her, about three weeks later, but also her eight little chicks.  And although she had sat on them all, in the middle of winter, where the temperatures at night had gotten to freezing, they were all fine, and each one different from their mother.

What I didn’t know back then, could have been answered by this book, which is unique in the way it looks at the life cycle of a hen, by focusing on both incubator chickens, as well as ones raised by hens themselves. 

And one of the facts that they pointed out, was, that although chickens will sit on their eggs for the whole three week to hatch them, they couldn’t possibly have laid all the eggs themselves, since they can only put out about one a day at most.  What they do is let other hens lay their eggs, and then sit on all of them.

So, I like how this shows kids how baby chicks grow, both if they are with their mother hens, and in an incubator.

Well written, and follows one mother hen around, through the whole process.  Good introduction to kids on life cycle.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This is a beautifully written, with absolutely darling illustrations. 
Any youngster with an interest in chickens, or any animals, for that matter, will be intrigued!
I love how it is told in story form, and then goes on to explain, in easy to understand details, the life of a chicken, from how they are incubated and hatched, to how and where they need to live as they are grown.
The layout of the book is attention grabbing! I showed this book to my 9 year old daughter, and even though she considers herself 'too old for picture books', she still wanted to read it, and loved it!

Beautifully illustrated, here is an engaging, educational book about raising chickens for young children. The story of Violet the hen is intertwined with notes about the stages of a chick's growth, explanations of chicken behavior, how to see inside a shell, how to handle baby chicks, and more. Even adults will learn a thing or two. Five stars for a story well-told (and did we say beautiful illustrations?!).

Liked the illistrations! The content was interesting and fun to read. Liked that important terms were highlighted. Everything was detailed and easy to understand. Great read for kids! Would recommend this book.

Let's Hatch Chicks! by Lisa Steele is a beautifully illustrated nonfiction book for children.  I was excited to read this book with my son because he has been studying birds extensively at school this year and was about to study chickens.  He was fascinated by the illustrations and content in this book.  I love how the book is perfectly aimed at children, but it still has specific content like how long to keep an egg in an incubator and how to see the chick inside.  I only wish we could have had a real incubator with us to try out the book's ideas!  I loved this book and would recommend it for children.  I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. All opinions are my own.

While I liked the illustrations I think this book would have been better if it included real life photos of chickens and chicks. The material covered is appropriate for a variety of age ranges and I love the addition of the glossary in the back.

This educational book will have kids mesmerized by the miracle of the birth of beautiful, fluffy, baby chicks.   It explains how a mother hen, Violet, who is a Lavender Orpington, prepares for motherhood.  It chronicles the three week incubation period and gives details about what is happening inside the eggs as the baby chicks develop. 

Violet is an excellent mother.  She chooses her nesting box carefully from the others in the coop and is happy with the clean straw bedding that she discovers that will keep her eggs safe. It even has curtains across the front to give her privacy while she lays her eggs.  She is a very faithful and good mother.   She keeps her eggs warm and turns them when needed.  She fusses and keeps a very close watch over each and every one.  

      When the babies finally emerge from their shells Violet is right there to protect and teach them all they need to know so they will be ready to join the rest of the flock.  

I love the fact that the author includes "fun facts" throughout the book the truly are informative.   Here are a few examples:

     "Chickens can see more colors than humans can! This helps them find bugs, seeds, and berries in the grass."

    "Chickens do more than peep, cluck, and crow.  They can make up to thirty different sounds to talk to each other!"

     "A chicken's heart beats about three times as fast as yours."

The illustrations really add to the richness of the text and gives a clear visual understanding of a chicken's life cycle.  The author has provided a glossary of words at the end of the book that is very useful.  She has made the message of the book, practical,  very educational and truly exciting.  I highly recommend this book.  It would be a perfect asset in a classroom and/or a school library.

I am reviewing this book for Lisa Steele, Quarto Publishing, and NetGalley who gave me a copy of their book for an honest review. 
Wow – a great book to go along side our eggs we get later in the year. The kids love watching them hatch and this book complements what is happening brilliantly.

This books is educational, but has a fun flare too! It would be a nice book to read if a family is thinking about having chicken, but also good as an educational source too for kids. There are wonderful graphics and information.

Let's Hatch Chicks!: A Day-by-Day Chick Hatching Guide for Kids by Lisa Steele is a children's non fiction book about how a chicken lays, cares for, and hatches an egg.What’s going on inside that egg? At the heart of this book is the answer to that question; it's a guide for the action-packed weeks while a chick grows. However, there’s so much more to learn! Whether you're interested in where eggs come from, what feathers are for, or what chicks eat, this book has the answers. Learn how to hold and feed your new chick as well!

Let's Hatch Chicks!: A Day-by-Day Chick Hatching Guide for Kids is a very informative book about everything chicken and egg related. I like that the book had very cute, but accurate illustrations, and that I learned more than a few things about chickens as I read it. I like that while the book is very kids friendly, it at no point feels like it is talking down to younger readers. It gives the information in a straightforward manner, with no condescending or childish tone in it. I think this would be a great book to share as a family, or in a classroom, for anyone raising chickens or pondering adding them to their lives. I liked the fun facts included on many pages, and the amount of detail that is given to the growth of the chick, before and after it is hatched. I found the information to be well balanced between chicks hatched and raised by its mother, and those hatched and raised by people using incubators and brooders. The glossary and information about the author (and her chickens) at the end of the book was a nice touch as well.