Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
A welcome reissue teams a text by Ruth Krauss (A Hole Is to Dig) with the artwork of her husband, Crockett Johnson, The Happy Egg (1967). Recalling his illustrations in The Carrot Seed, Johnson uses deceptively simple line art and white space along with backdrops of gold (and blue he uses for the egg). Krauss, with her usual understated humor, observes the egg without losing sight of its potential ("It couldn't walk./ It couldn't sing./ It couldn't fly./ It could just get sat on"). When the newborn hatches ("It could walk./ It could sing./ It could fly"), the artwork depicts the tiny blue fledgling soaring off the upper right-hand corner of the spread. A small gem. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
A blue egg (""It couldn't walk. It couldn't sing. It couldn't fly. It could just get sat on"") is eventually hatched by a patient bird, and the baby bird walks, sings, and flies away. The circular ending is completely satisfying. The minimal text and simple pictures make this story just right for three-year-olds to memorize and ""read"" to themselves over and over. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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