Danny's Egg

by Colin Thiele

Danny's problems begin the day he finds an emu egg in the scrub and takes it home. Will he be able to keep the egg warm and alive? And can he keep it safe from Hacker, the school bully?

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Australia

110 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (1997).

Reviews

[David Mitchell]

Goannas are epicuran.
They have a great love of tasty emu eggs.
Lukily heros like Danny save the eggs from the goannas.
Found on a street library and to a street library it was returned.

[Clare S-B]

I read this book the the boys and we all enjoyed it. It is a fast paced story, that is nice and Australian. It may not be so realistic that after all that happened to it the egg could hatch, but still. It is a fun short read. There is a bit of a theme of revenge that is not so good and the MC also hides things from his parents and is deceitful at times which is not so good. But he does realize that in some cases, and I also enjoyed his family relationship. Most of the time he is fairly good though.

[Sally]

Love it so much. One of my most-read as a child, and it always made me cry! Australian classic.

[Nola]

Gripe about real life vs what works with the story: I'm pretty certain an egg can't be thrown about and still be o.k.