Review by Booklist Review
PreS-Gr. 2. Curious, outgoing Minerva Louise is one happy hen, and, as in her previous adventures, she's not content to sit around and wait for something to happen. This time Minerva thinks a hen has forgotten her eggs. She does her best to play substitute mother, warming an egg she finds on the ground, then trying to keep her balance atop one that is sitting on a fence post. She entreats the other hens to help her, but when the chickens finally follow her outside, the eggs have disappeared. The comical mystery heightens: they question some bunnies (chocolate) and some chicks (candy) to no avail. It's only when the hens spy farm kids picking up the eggs (a familiar sight) that they feel they can safely go back to the henhouse for a nap. As for Minerva, she has other plans. The intense, flat colors and boldly outlined shapes of the artwork make the comic action pop from the pages. Little ones will be delighted when they realize they are way ahead of Minerva when it comes to solving this mystery. --Connie Fletcher Copyright 2006 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Another favorite feathered friend returns for Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Morgan Stoeke. Fans can only imagine how the hen hilariously misinterprets the Easter egg hunt-"Some hen is forgetting her eggs, said Minerva Louise," as she makes the rounds of the barnyard. She rushes to the henhouse and announces to her friends, "I'm finding eggs outside, and some of them are so cold they're turning blue." (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-It is springtime and Minerva Louise, the feathered equivalent of Amelia Bedelia, becomes aware of several colorful, unattended eggs. She is also quite taken with the small "farmers" and how lovely they look in their fashionable attire. She doesn't know that she is observing an Easter egg hut; she is also unaware that her new "hat" is an Easter basket. She quizzes a chocolate Easter bunny, and she questions a marshmallow chick, but neither reply. Finally, Minerva Louise calls her fellow hens to her aid, but they are just relieved to see all the small farmers picking up the eggs, something they were used to seeing. In the end, Minerva Louise is also relieved and happy, and she selects a lovely egg-filled Easter basket for her nest. Preschoolers will delight in the commotion caused by the chicken's merry meanderings, depicted in bright, clear colors in large, uncluttered scenes. An excellent, lighthearted lark that will charm readers and listeners alike.-Andrea Tarr, Corona Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Minerva Louise the hen gets worried when she finds oddly colored eggs scattered around the farm. To her relief, a group of ""farmers"" (laughing children) begins gathering them up. As usual with Minerva Louise's amusing adventures, readers can revel in their superior knowledge; simple illustrations, featuring flat spring colors and an expressive black line, show an Easter egg hunt in progress. (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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Review by Kirkus Book Review
The Amelia Bedelia of hens returns for a sixth adventure. She just loves the bright colors of spring. She tries to look as pretty as the farmers (girls in their Easter dresses) by trying on a hat (Easter basket) and finds an abandoned egg (of the painted variety). She tries to warm it but sees other eggs around the farmyard. Minerva recruits the other chickens to help her; but when they return, the eggs are gone. The little brown bunny (chocolate) doesn't know where they are, nor do the tiny chicks (Peeps). The mystery is solved when they see all the pretty farmers picking up the eggs, since that is something the chickens are used to seeing. All the other girls return to the barn, but Minerva finds the perfect nest (a basket full of painted eggs). Stoeke's charmingly naïve chicken's Easter story is, perhaps, her best yet. This will be a staple of spring storytimes for years to come. Where she has her fans, multiple copies will be a must. (Picture book. 2-6) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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