The egg / by Geraldo Valerio.

By:

Valerio, Geraldo, 1970-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto : Owlkids Books, [2020]Copyright date: 2020Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrationsContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1771473746
9781771473743

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Stories without words.

DDC classification:

LOC classification:

PZ7.1.V34 Eg 2020

Summary: A wordless story in which a crane lays an egg and contentedly sits on it. But when a gust of wind from a sudden storm blows the egg from the nest, the heartbroken crane flies away. And then, from high overhead, the bird spots something. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an egg. And since it seems to be all alone, the crane takes it back to the nest and incubates it. When sounds start coming from the egg and it's time to hatch, what emerges, surprisingly, is a human baby! No matter: the crane is delighted, and showers the child with love. They even go on a high-flying adventure with other bird parents and their young ones-including not only a baby bird, but a cat, a pig, a rabbit, a fish, and other humans-before returning home to the nest at dusk for a cozy, cuddly sleep. This is one reading of this story, but the images are open to interpretation, and there is a lot of "space" for any child or reader's imagination to take flight.

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Title notes ( 1 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J Picture	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	JP VAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003215432

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A wordless story in which a crane lays an egg and contentedly sits on it. But when a gust of wind from a sudden storm blows the egg from the nest, the heartbroken crane flies away. And then, from high overhead, the bird spots something. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an egg. And since it seems to be all alone, the crane takes it back to the nest and incubates it. When sounds start coming from the egg and it's time to hatch, what emerges, surprisingly, is a human baby! No matter: the crane is delighted, and showers the child with love. They even go on a high-flying adventure with other bird parents and their young ones-including not only a baby bird, but a cat, a pig, a rabbit, a fish, and other humans-before returning home to the nest at dusk for a cozy, cuddly sleep. This is one reading of this story, but the images are open to interpretation, and there is a lot of "space" for any child or reader's imagination to take flight.