Smith Library Mockingbird Book Blog: First the Egg

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

First the Egg

"First the EGG / then the CHICKEN / First the TADPOLE / then the FROG" and so on with seed and flower, caterpillar and butterfly. Seeger then proceeds to more abstract pairs -- "First the WORD / then the STORY / First the PAINT / then the PICTURE" -- making them concrete for the youngest viewers by incorporating objects mentioned in the preceding pages into both story and picture. The ending is circular -- well, almost, because who really knows which came first, the chicken or the egg?