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Oliver And His Egg (2014)

by Paul Schmid(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1423175735 (ISBN13: 9781423175735)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Disney-Hyperion

review 1: Oliver and his Egg, by Paul Schmid, is a lovable tale about a young boy and his imagination. Upon finding a rock on the playground, young Oliver realizes that it is much more than a rock. Oliver and his new friend have some fantastical adventures together until suddenly the other children on the playground take notice. Now he must make a choice. This early reader tells the story through large double page pictures which are not elaborate pieces of art, but the use of white space helps to focus the story and lends itself to the imaginative parts of the story. With slightly cartoony sketches of children, the illustrations show a different level of mastery during the most imaginative portions of Oliver's journeys.
review 2: Oliver from Oliver and His Alligator retu... morerns in a second book. While on the playground, Oliver finds an egg, really a large smooth rock, that he imagines will hatch into a big orange-polka-dotted dinosaur. He would have a new friend and they would go on adventures together. As Oliver dreams of their adventures, the other children find that he is sitting on the “egg” waiting for it to hatch. So he tells them of his enormous dinosaur-sized dream and they all have to find eggs of their own.Schmid’s picture book is simple and cheery. Oliver is a creative little boy, inventing his own worlds. The book also shows that all children can be creative and use their imaginations. Just as in the first book, the text is minimal, offering less than a sentence on each page. It suits a book that is about imagination to have so much left unsaid.The illustrations are simple too. Clearly drawn characters are done in simple lines with small touches of color. They are combined with the rock “eggs” that are photographed stones, giving them a weight that the light illustrations don’t have. It’s a dynamic combination on the page.A cheerful follow-up picture book, this second outing for Oliver is great fun for toddlers. less

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