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When Blue Met Egg (2012)

by Lindsay Ward(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0803737181 (ISBN13: 9780803737181)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Penguin Group USA, Inc

review 1: I thought I might use this book when I did a Preschool DiscoveryTime on eggs, but it didn't quite work. But I thought it was cute and so brought it home to read with my son. He liked the story, though it was a bit long. Blue is a bird who lives in New York City and one day she meets the lonely Egg, who she sort of adopts as she takes him around the city trying to find his mom. They are together winter to spring when he hatches into something special. I had to explain the ending to my son as he didn't pick up on it. Recommended for ages 4-7, 3 stars.
review 2: When a snowball lands in her nest, Blue is surprised but also somewhat delighted at the early arrival of an egg. She tenderly cares for Egg despite its silence while searching for Egg's mother. She searche... mores high and low, but Egg's mother is not to be found. Her journey, by the way, allows readers to take a wonderful visual tour of New York City's busy streets. Over the next months, Blue becomes increasingly attached to Egg as they go on outings, including visits to art museums and the opera. But when April brings warmer weather, Egg shrinks and seems to disappear. In her place, though, is a beautiful flower, which Blue immediately takes on a walk through the park. All through the story I was concerned for Blue since I knew things couldn't end well. Naturally, I was relieved at the story's conclusion and touched by the affection that Blue lavished on a mound of snow. There's a beautiful message here, reminding readers that something beautiful just might spring up from almost nothing with enough tender loving care. The illustrations in the book show the affection Blue has for Egg as well as the author/illustrator's fondness for their city. My favorite illustration shows lines of traffic heading into and out of the city across one of its bridges as snow fills the sky. This picture book is memorable and likely to appeal to adults just as much as to children. less

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