Egg-Napped!

by Marisa Montes, Marsha Winborn (Illustrator)

Discovering one day that they have had their first egg, Mr. and Mrs. Gabbler are excited beyond words, but when the egg suddenly goes missing, it is up to them and all their forest friends to find out what has happened to it. Jr Lib Guild.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Family, Birds, Childrens, Fiction, Friendship

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 22, 2002

Reviews

[Emily Houtchens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a ryhming book about a goose egg that rolls away, and the forest animals try to get it safely back to the nest.
I liked this book. The wording was clever and the illustrations were very expressive and incorporated into the text in a fun way.
I think this would be a great book to teach ryhming/to introduce poetry at a lower level.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mr. & Mrs. Gabbler are a goose couple who are excitedly, with their friends, celebrating their first egg. Unnoticed when it rolls away, the egg is thought to have been stolen - or egg-napped. Everyone sets off to rescue the egg. Enjoyable story in rhyme and gorgeous illustrations.

[Jenn Swanson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An egg goes missing and the parents try to find it. This story was an interesting one and the illustrations were amusing as well. I enjoyed it probably a little more than my daughter did though.

[Lenae Haley · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book the Gabblers, a husband and wife goose, had their first egg. They invited all of their forest friends over to tell them the news. However, when they were celebrating the exciting news the egg rolled away. Everyone was panicking because it was their child that was lost. The forest animals helped the Gabblers go on a search for their egg and faced some trials to trying to get the egg back.

I thought this book was cute. I liked all of the animals and the descriptive rhyming words.

I think this book could be used to teach kids about teamwork. Some times it takes everyone working together to get a task done.

[Adrianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Will enjoyed it, but I didn't find it as wonderful. Maybe the flying squirrel catching the egg was too out there. Actually, I know what it was... the language. Too many "it's mine!" and "give it back!".

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was so impressed with this book. I had a rather rowdy group of 4 & 5 year olds, but they were hushed as the story progressed. They were really into it. Used for Ready to Read Storytime, Easter Eggs Theme.

[Liz Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute story--lots of harrowing moments that kept it exciting and funny.