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Egg
When is an egg not an egg?
Everyone knows that eggs have pointy tops and big bottoms - but what happens when an upside down egg turns up? Will this odd egg ever be accepted by the others?
Everyone knows that eggs have pointy tops and big bottoms - but what happens when an upside down egg turns up? Will this odd egg ever be accepted by the others?
32 pages, Paperback
Published March 5, 2020
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September 25, 2020
BRILLIANT!!! Beginning to wonder if I have a childish taste in books, but this book is excellent. Not only does the entire book contain only one word, making it easy for children to read and follow along, it covers really topical subjects such as friendship, inclusion and it’s ok to be different. Good to highlight how punctuation can change one word. I loved it
July 15, 2020
I do like a wordless picture book as it encourages the reader to create their own story around the images in-front of them. Egg is a funny tale about an egg that is laid to stand out.
When an egg turns up that is round at the top and pointy at the bottom, the regular eggs do not know what to think. Should they accept the egg as it is or try and make it look like them? Will turning it upside down help? What about if they dress it up and but a hat on its bottom? Or perhaps odd egg can teach the regular eggs that you can be an egg regardless of what way up you are.
This wordless picture book, not counting the word ‘EGG’, is all about fitting in and being accepted by others. Being a wordless book this story is all about the illustrations and Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet have conveyed their message about accepting others in a light-hearted and entertaining way. The story is simple enough but there are opportunities for wider discussion about the need to conform to the expectations that society has and celebrating differences.
Recommended for 2+.
When an egg turns up that is round at the top and pointy at the bottom, the regular eggs do not know what to think. Should they accept the egg as it is or try and make it look like them? Will turning it upside down help? What about if they dress it up and but a hat on its bottom? Or perhaps odd egg can teach the regular eggs that you can be an egg regardless of what way up you are.
This wordless picture book, not counting the word ‘EGG’, is all about fitting in and being accepted by others. Being a wordless book this story is all about the illustrations and Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet have conveyed their message about accepting others in a light-hearted and entertaining way. The story is simple enough but there are opportunities for wider discussion about the need to conform to the expectations that society has and celebrating differences.
Recommended for 2+.
August 20, 2021
Mr 5 enjoyed this. Loves the way it’s only one work so he ‘read’ the book himself- it also shows how you say different words gives meaning. Nice story about what makes you the same as someone else etc.
January 23, 2021
A book about eggs. Great to read around Easter.
August 22, 2021
Brilliant book. The only word is Egg so have fun reading this with the kids!
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