I Am Reading: The Ugly Egg - Softcover

Kuenzler, Lou

9780753462843: I Am Reading: The Ugly Egg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753462842 ISBN 13: 9780753462843

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2009

Posy Puffin wants nothing more than to hatch an egg of her own, just like all of her friends, but she has no luck. When she comes across a big ugly egg on the ice, she takes it under her wing, only to find she's got more than she bargained for―a lot more! I Am Reading: The Ugly Egg by Lou Kuenzler is an early step to a lifelong love of reading.

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About the Author:

Lou Kuenzler specializes in fiction for young readers, and she is a contributor to Kingfisher's Don't Kiss the Frog! and Super Shorts: Cool Christmas Stories.

David Hitch studied illustration in London, where he still lives.

From Booklist:

Posy the puffin has no luck laying eggs. After several unsuccessful attempts using techniques offered by Snow Goose and Mrs. Loon, she finds an enormous lumpy, bumpy, dark-green egg with pink spots. The other fowl are scornful, but Posy keeps the egg warm against the Arctic wind and hatches an adorable orange-colored baby dragon. Fearing that the dragon will do harm to their nests, the others drive it away. Once it is discovered that the dragon can warm the nests and help hatch the eggs with its fire, all is well. Children will revel in the unfairness toward the dragon and the ultimate harmony that ensues. Part of the I Am Reading series, this is in the usual format, with large type on standard-sized pages filled with a balance of text and brightly colored illustrations. This would fit comfortably with other easy readers featuring fowl, such as Goose and Duck, by Jean Craighead George (2008). Grades 1-3. --Randall Enos

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