An Extraordinary Egg

by Leo Lionni (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $27.92

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.43

  Illus. in full color. While taking a walk, three frogs discover what theybelieve to be a chicken egg and eagerly wait for it to hatch. When a scaly, four-legged creature with a long snoutful of teeth emerges a few days later, the frogs are still convinced it's a chicken and are thrilled to have a newfriend. Soon the frogs and chicken are inseparable, at least until the day chicken finds and returns to her mother...an enormous hen who lookssuspiciously like an alligator! An eggs/rmtraordinary treat from a masterstoryteller. --School Library Journal. Just the thing to lighten up apicture-book hour. -- Kirkus.