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Minerva Louise
Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs
Minerva Louise, the feather-brained fowl Publishers Weekly called "unquestionably a star," is enjoying springtime on the farm . . . until she finds some very peculiar eggs. Blue eggs, pink eggs, striped and spotted eggs.And they’re in the strangest places—which hen is laying her eggs on top of fence posts and under the picnic table? Minerva Louise solves the mystery, and fans will delight in the hilarious and triumphant return of their favorite daffy chicken.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published February 2, 2006
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April 14, 2018
I did not like the art. I felt it looked cheap. On the other hand, the story was very cute. It is about a chicken finding Easter eggs all over the place and trying to warm them up like a mother. It was well done that way.
The kids had fun with this one and we all laughed together at Minerva's antics. I still won't follow on with this one.
The kids had fun with this one and we all laughed together at Minerva's antics. I still won't follow on with this one.
April 5, 2010
Poor Minerva Louise--she simply can't figure out why all those eggs are oddly colored and sitting around unattended in the strangest places... I'm bumping this up to four stars because I think I would have really liked it as a kid because I would have enjoyed being "in the know" about the true nature of the colored eggs and why they are scattered all about--I always loved being wiser than the characters in books, haha! ;-)
June 27, 2025
Minerva Louise is a delightful character and always good for a laugh. Make sure you include this story in your Easter reading line up!
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Ages: 2 - 6
Content Considerations: there are Easter eggs.
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But a warning. This book could make you do this 😜: watch my reel!
Ages: 2 - 6
Content Considerations: there are Easter eggs.
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April 20, 2019
The ever curious Minerva Louise is puzzled by the lovely colored eggs that keep appearing AND disappearing around the farm. I loved it when she tried to question the little brown bunny ( about the phenomenon.
A very cute Easter book.
A very cute Easter book.
March 29, 2013
I love Minerva Louise. She's so sweetly ignorant. When she finds an Easter egg on the ground, she believes a hen has become separated from her baby and determines to reunite them. But then she finds another one! And another! There must be a very unhappy hen somewhere!
I'm always on the lookout for entertaining holiday books to read to classes at school. Good Easter stories are few and far between, so this will definitely go on my list.
I'm always on the lookout for entertaining holiday books to read to classes at school. Good Easter stories are few and far between, so this will definitely go on my list.
March 28, 2018
This is a pretty adorable book. I love Minerva Louise. Super cute illustrations, and funny, short text. Would work with 2+, although they might not get the humour. Will use for egg storytime.
March 21, 2017
First sentence: Minerva Louise loved the springtime.
Premise/plot: Minerva is very confused by the Easter egg hunt on the farm. She thinks that there's an absent-minded chicken abandoning her eggs ALL over the place. She rounds up the other hens and has them trying to find the eggs to sit on them to keep them warm. Then they notice the "farmers" picking up the eggs. The other hens are content that all is well. But Minerva is still curious! She asks questions of the "brown bunny" and "yellow chicks" but candy doesn't answer questions!
My thoughts: I loved this one. I'd never thought to imagine how a chicken would view egg hunts! Minerva Louise may get a lot of things wrong, but I love her gumption.
Text: 5 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 9 out of 10
Premise/plot: Minerva is very confused by the Easter egg hunt on the farm. She thinks that there's an absent-minded chicken abandoning her eggs ALL over the place. She rounds up the other hens and has them trying to find the eggs to sit on them to keep them warm. Then they notice the "farmers" picking up the eggs. The other hens are content that all is well. But Minerva is still curious! She asks questions of the "brown bunny" and "yellow chicks" but candy doesn't answer questions!
My thoughts: I loved this one. I'd never thought to imagine how a chicken would view egg hunts! Minerva Louise may get a lot of things wrong, but I love her gumption.
Text: 5 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 9 out of 10
April 9, 2013
I love Minerva Louise. This book tied in well with an "Egg" themed story time for PreSchoolers, but this doesn't flow quite as well as the original ML story. The children still enjoyed the story and finding the eggs in the earlier pictures.
April 15, 2014
There is simple text and bright, springtime illustrations and Minerva the chicken. Minerva finds an Easter basket and then some colored eggs. She is worried that mother chicken has lost these eggs and recruits her chicken friends to help save the eggs. The chickens are alarmed until they see the farmer's children picking up the scattered eggs. The story is filled with humor (Minerva tries to talk to a chocolate bunny and sit on an egg on top of a fence post) and my young story time audience loved it.
March 29, 2011
This book is very cute and simple. Minerva Louise is so sweet. She gets worried about all of the eggs that she was finding because they were different colors (like blue and purple), so she wound up getting the rest of the hens to help her keep them warm. When she returned with them, the eggs were gone! She then found out that the farmers were collecting them. It was an Easter Egg hunt.
April 4, 2012
I had never heard of Minerva Louise. (Another book I found at Albertson's for $1.50. Half off the sale price. It is a hardcover).
Love the colorful illustrations in this picture book. Cute story for Easter about a hen who is a little confused about a Easter egg hunt and the candy of Easter. I would like to read the other books in the series.
Love the colorful illustrations in this picture book. Cute story for Easter about a hen who is a little confused about a Easter egg hunt and the candy of Easter. I would like to read the other books in the series.
June 13, 2015
It's Easter and Minerva is wandering among the festivities. She's most distressed by the colorful and unattended eggs she finds all about her, so she rallies her fellow chickens to find and roost upon these poor forgotten eggs. The whole book is one misread after another and you have to laugh. Nicely done, as per the norm.
July 4, 2019
Our family loves this inquisitive and naive chicken. She is hilarious in all her expeditions around her world. If Amelia Bedelia were to be a chicken, I think she and Minerva Louiseeoukd be friends who understood one another. And now she's exploring the world of colored eggs left untended around the farm. Oh how my kids (and I) laughed at this silly chicken. We love her.
March 30, 2010
I'd never hear of Minerva Louise, but stumbled upon this book on an Easter book list. Pretty darn cute, with colorful illustrations, thanks in part to the Easter egg hunt that Minerva Louise gets involved in!
September 7, 2011
Another charming story about confused chicken, Minerva Louise. In this story, she is very worried about eggs laying around the yard with no chickens to warm them. Some of the eggs have even turned blue! Recommend.
March 30, 2009
Cute story about a hen who happens upon an Easter egg hunt in progress and thinks the colorful eggs have been lost. Fun story for kids, especially during Easter.
August 14, 2009
I liked this one a touch less than the original but it's still one of my most requested.
February 16, 2010
Very cute.
May 7, 2011
There are oddly colored eggs strewn all over the farm, leading Minerva Louise to conclude that her sister hens are neglecting their duties. Cute story.
March 19, 2013
Minerva Louise and her Mrs. Piggle-Wiggleesque misunderstandings are always a hit at storytime.
March 27, 2013
Oh, Minerva Louise! So simple minded and perfect for a story to read to little ones! She was so worried about her eggs! Love her books!!
January 7, 2015
Very simple and a good one for babies and toddler's easter baskets. the only flaw I see are the illustrations and that is a matter of opinion.
April 16, 2016
Pretty simple, cute enough story about a chicken on Easter, trying to keep all the eggs she's finding warm. This could be good as part of a baby or toddler storytime.
March 18, 2016
Cute Easter story about a chicken finding colored eggs.
April 11, 2017
Funny book about a silly hen who doesn't know what to think when she discovers several colorful untended eggs one morning.
June 15, 2017
What a sweet little book.
April 12, 2023
Minerva Louise is perplexed to discover unusually colored eggs all over the barnyard.
Possibly because animals are unfamiliar with human holiday celebrations, Minerva Louise, the chronically confused chicken, is completely befuddled when she sees brightly colored Easter eggs around the farm. She tries sitting on them to keep them warm, but there are too many in too difficult spots, so she enlists the help of the other chickens. They, too, are baffled by the colorful eggs, but when they see the farmer's family gathering them, the chickens return to the coop except for Minerva Louise who has found an Easter basket to sit on.
Minerva Louise is a chicken who always draws the wrong conclusion, and young readers will enjoy knowing better than the story's main character.
Possibly because animals are unfamiliar with human holiday celebrations, Minerva Louise, the chronically confused chicken, is completely befuddled when she sees brightly colored Easter eggs around the farm. She tries sitting on them to keep them warm, but there are too many in too difficult spots, so she enlists the help of the other chickens. They, too, are baffled by the colorful eggs, but when they see the farmer's family gathering them, the chickens return to the coop except for Minerva Louise who has found an Easter basket to sit on.
Minerva Louise is a chicken who always draws the wrong conclusion, and young readers will enjoy knowing better than the story's main character.
April 7, 2018
This delightful book addresses how the hens on a farm react to the colorful eggs hidden around the farm yard on Easter. The illustrations are simple, colorful, and very lovely. The story will make young children giggle and call out to Minerva to help her figure things out. This is a not to be missed quick read aloud for the Easter season.
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