Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel



Fox tricks Bear into buying what he claims is a donkey egg. Bear keeps the egg warm, safe, and happy. Will it ever hatch?

What I Thought: Hilarious! I read The Donkey Egg to first and second graders and they were all shouting, "It's a watermelon!" I'd tell them, "Shh. Bear doesn't know." The surprise ending was great. I won't spoil it for you here, but I will ask, who tricked who? The illustrations are colorful and interesting. I like the different styles of illustrations and also the changes in font to show emphasis.

Themes: Tricky Foxes, Bears, Elementary

Illustrated by Janet Stevens. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

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