Get Crackin'! Peeping Beauty by Brenda Maier

Mama and Papa are excited as they tuck their three identical little eggs into the nest for the night!

TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THREE LITTLE ONES!

But not quite.

Early in the morning two of their eggs begin to quiver and and shiver, and one after the other there's that sound they've been waiting for!

CRACKLE! POP!

Mom and Papa are thrilled with their duo of little yellow chickies. Then they all crowd around the last egg, still sleeping, and wait.... And wait. AND WAIT!

Waiting is hard for little ones, so Big Sister suggests a party. They party down, doing the chicken dance.

Still there's not a peep out of that remaining egg.

Big Brother suggests they try riddles. Then Mama decides it's time to read some stories. She reads The Princess and the Peacock and Beauty and the Beak, as the two new chicks begin to look sleepy. Then she pull out her favorite, the story about the sleeping princess.

PEEP!

That peep seems to be coming from inside the egg!

"OH," SAID MAMA. "SOMEBODY LIKES THIS STORY!"

The third egg cracks, and out steps their own little Peeping Beauty! But that's not ALL. There's another surprise in store for youngsters, in Brenda Maier's, Peeping Beauty (Aladdin Books, 2019). There're plenty of chicks hatching, and who isn't ready for a change of season, with its new chicks and lambs and bunnies and budding flowers, and a spot of wordplay by author Maier. Artist Zoe Waring pulls out all the stops with her fluffy chicks and pastel Easter egg palette in a funny springtime readalong for young readers.