How to Hatch: A Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free

Ackerman, Sara Holly

ISBN 10: 0593811062 / ISBN 13: 9780593811061

Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Hatch: A Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593811062
• ISBN 13: 9780593811061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Bernstein, Galia
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Discover how a gosling hatches into the world, step by step, in this irresistibly cute and funny nonfiction picture book.

Is it getting stuffy in there?
Has your yolk dwindled to a smidge?
Is the beak in your wingpit cramping your style?
Gosling, it’s time to . . .
HATCH!

With humorous, spare text that reads as an instructional "how to", this story is a delight to read aloud and walks children through every step of the hatching process.

Includes bonus facts on gosling hatching and growth, as well as an author's note from the author, an experienced librarian and educator who has done many hatching projects with chicks and quails in both the classroom and library. Perfect for Easter baskets!

About the Author

Sara Holly Ackerman is a school librarian in Brooklyn, NY and the author of several children’s books, including The Gabi That Girma Wore, Not Just the Driver!, and Challah for Shabbat Tonight.

Galia Bernstein loves animals and has been studying and drawing them since she was two years old. She is the author and illustrator of three popular picture books, which have been published in many countries around the world, and the illustrator of many more. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with a very small dog and a large cat.