While scratching around in the dirt for a few tasty morsels, Mother Crane comes across a nest of beautiful eggs lying in the sand all alone. She resolves to hatch them herself - but what kind of babies will hatch out of the egg? Flamingo thinks they will be pink all over like him, Butterfly is sure they will have wings that glitter like her own, Giraffe believes they will have a long neck like hers and Snake thinks the eggs look too delicious for words! But when the babies hatch out and start peeping for their mother, all the animals get the surprise of their life!

Author Biography

Gillian Lobel is a highly successful writer of picture book and author of the best-selling Starlight (Tamarind Books). This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Adrienne Geoghegan is a well-respected Irish author/illustrator. Among her many picture books are Dogs Don't Wear Glasses (Crocodile), All Your Own Teeth (Bloomsbury) and Who Needs Pockets? (Scholastic). This is her first book for Frances Lincoln.