The Eggs: A Greek Folk Tale Retold and Illustrated - Softcover

Aliki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064433854 ISBN 13: 9780064433853

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1994

Synopsis

A sea captain must depart in haste from the inn where he had eaten a meal of four fried eggs. He returns six years later to pay his debt and discovers that the innkeeper's menu has gone up considerably—500 gold pieces, he demands! But a clever lawyer finds a way around the innkeeper's avarice. As The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books said of this book, also published by Pantheon in 1971, "The style of the retelling is excellent (and) the illustrations have vigor and humor."

About this title

About the Author:

With more than 60 fiction and nonfiction titles for children to her credit, Aliki has been delighting her many fans since her first book was published in 1960. Born in New Jersey, she now lives in New York City.

Aliki's books for young readers include the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out titles Digging Up Dinosaurs, Fossils Tell of Long Ago, My Feet, and My Hands. Other nonfiction books by Aliki include How a Book Is Made, Mummies Made in Egypt, My Visit to the Aquarium, My Visit to the Dinosaurs, My Visit to the Zoo, Wild and Woolly Mammoths, and William Shakespeare & the Globe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0064433854
• ISBN 13: 9780064433853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32