This Mini Kit is named after two of the books that it contains: An Egg is Quiet and A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston. In this kit you will find materials that provide a hands-on component to the Bird Egg and Nest Collection Diorama. Mini Kit includes An Egg is Quiet and A Nest is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston, Secrets of the Nest: The Family Life of North American Birds by Joan Dunning, an emu and an ostrich egg to allow students to compare egg sizes, as well as a binder containing a guidebook to the species of birds within the diorama and related activities. The emu and ostrich eggs are the only two birds featured that are not native to Ohio. Appropriate for grades Pre-K and up. This kit is sponsored by the Ohio Lottery Commission.