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60th out of 76 books
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225 voters
The Egg Tree
One Easter morning, Katy and Carl went on an Easter egg hunt through Grandmom's house. Katy couldn't find anything until she went up to the attic. And there she discovered a very special set of eggs...
Grandmom had painted them when she was a little girl. And now, she hung them from the branches of a tiny tree -an egg tree! So began a very special Easter tradition.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
February 28th 1992
by Aladdin
(first published 1950)
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Again, I had never heard of this book until reading it for my Caldecott Challenge, as this book won the 1951 Caldecott Award. Frankly I liked "Dick Whittington and His Cat" better than this one, but it is an interesting story. A group of Amish grandchildren are hunting for Easter eggs, and two of the kids doing it for the first time. One of the girls named Katy discovers a special group of six eggs, which have been hollowed out and beautifully painted. Katy wins the prize for the prettiest eggs...more
I have a lot of regard for the traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch, being a direct descendant from them on both sides of my family. This book does a fantastic job of evoking the simpleness of Pennsylvania Dutch life, and introducing the concept of the egg tree to many younger readers who have probably never even heard of it. That group would include me, as I was completely unfamiliar with the idea before I read The Egg Tree.
Katy and Carl, a brother and sister visiting their Grandmom's house f...more
Katy and Carl, a brother and sister visiting their Grandmom's house f...more
This book tells the classic tale of a Pennsylvania Dutch Easter, with its main characters being Katy and Carl. One day they look for Easter eggs and find eggs that their grandmom had painted on a tree. They are interested, so they ask their grandmother about the eggs. They eventually create one, and it becomes a big success the next Easter. Something I noticed from the start of this picture book was the solid color in the margins. Each spread has a solid color about one inch wide on the top and...more
I wanted to like it more than I did. Other times that I've encountered Pennsylvania Dutch folk art I've been charmed. And the idea of an egg hunt with all the cousins, and finding forgotten special eggs, and creating an egg tree upon which to display them, and bringing the community together to appreciate the Easter tradition, all appeal to me.
But I didn't care for the illustrations - though of course it's not true, it looks as if Milhous had only one broad brush and not enough paint so it had...more
But I didn't care for the illustrations - though of course it's not true, it looks as if Milhous had only one broad brush and not enough paint so it had...more
Dec 15, 2011
Katelynn Callahan
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This story isabout some children finding Easter eggs. Little Katy is happy that she finds some eggs. She finds some eggs her Grandma had painted when she was young. All of the children get excited and want to paint eggs. They create an egg tree that people come to see from miles around. Since Easter was never a huge thing for my family it was surprising that there was such a big emphasis on the easter eggs and magic bunnies and such. The story teaches a lot about the history of this tradition....more
I was attracted to this book at the library because of the Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired artwork. I figure it's good for my little guy to have some exposure to his Pennsylvania heritage.
The images are attractive; colorful and stylistically unusual for a picture book. The story is very much of its time period. I've been reading a lot of vintage picture books this year, and noticed that most everything from the '40s and '50s is like this: lengthy, with not much action. I find the phrases in these o...more
The images are attractive; colorful and stylistically unusual for a picture book. The story is very much of its time period. I've been reading a lot of vintage picture books this year, and noticed that most everything from the '40s and '50s is like this: lengthy, with not much action. I find the phrases in these o...more
I really enjoyed the skill in the the watercolor paintings. I found myself really appreciating the artwork. I found that it was difficult to read the story aloud while depicting it with the illustrations. The illustrations only seem to apply to part of the text on the page next to it. In applying this to a classroom I feel like this would make it very confusing for a young child to follow along. Also, on one of the pages it breaks mid sentence with a large image on the next two pages and then th...more
I loved this book. Easter has always been a huge holiday in my family so it was fun to hear what traditions this family had. This book also had wonderful illustrations. However, one thing that disappointed me was how on some of the pages the last sentence would cut off then be followed by a double page of just illustration, then the following page would pick the thought back up again. This was very confusing for me, as a reader because it put a stop to one thought then would pick it back up agai...more
1951 Caldecott Medal Winner
Some nice watercolor pictures, but not extraordinary. This is another one that alternates between illustrations in a few colors and illustrations in four or more--in this case, pink, black and gray tones alternate with pictures that include those, plus yellow, green and brown.
A pretty mundane story about some children finding Easter eggs. Little Katy is happy that the Easter bunny blessed(?) her with the ability to find some too--in this case, some eggs her Grandma had...more
Some nice watercolor pictures, but not extraordinary. This is another one that alternates between illustrations in a few colors and illustrations in four or more--in this case, pink, black and gray tones alternate with pictures that include those, plus yellow, green and brown.
A pretty mundane story about some children finding Easter eggs. Little Katy is happy that the Easter bunny blessed(?) her with the ability to find some too--in this case, some eggs her Grandma had...more
Katy and Carl wake up like it is Christmas morning, except it is Easter. The children know that the Easter Rabbit must come to have the egg hunt. When they see a rabbit out in the bushes they scurry to wake up all the children in the house to begin the egg hunt. The child who finds the most eggs wins. The trick is, the eggs are hidden everywhere. From the garden to the kitchen and eventually the attic is where Katy finds the most beautiful eggs. Grandmother realizes those were hidden long ago. T...more
This book won the Caldecott Medal in 1951. It is a lovely story of a young girl who found some long forgotten Easter eggs in Grandma's attic. These eggs inspired Grandma to make an Easter egg tree. Each year the grandchildren made a grander tree with more and more dyed and decorated eggs in the Pennsylvania-Dutch style. The illustrations are not to my personal liking, nor is the colour palate, but the story was sweet and simple. It would make a great read-aloud in a secular school with its refer...more
Before I even read this book, the title caught my attention because my family always has an egg tree on Easter Sunday! Easter is a huge holiday in my family and it is in many other families as well, so this book would be interesting to read to a younger classroom to introduce them to different religious holidays and practices in cultures. Also, the illustrations in this book are very large and descriptive and they would be able to tell the story even without the text. Overall, I really enjoyed t...more
This is a lovely story of a Pennsylvania Dutch family. The children are waiting for the Easter bunny to come, then hunting for eggs. Katy is sad because she can not find any of the eggs...until she goes to the attic and discovers eggs her granmom painted years before. The cousins all paint eggs and create an egg tree...a beautiful egg tree that the community wants to see. This would be a great read aloud to tie into an art project of painting wooden eggs. It would be fun to decorate an egg tree...more
Sep 20, 2012
Anja Manning
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review of another edition
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Just to make it entirely sure, this is an easter tale, but a very unusual one. It starts off with an easter egg hunt, where some children struggle to find any, as others are so quick. One girl finds the most beautifully painted eggs in the attic. All children choose to decorate their own eggs, and all the beautiful eggs are shown off on the 'Egg Tree'. It shows how much fun it is to decorate easter eggs, a tradition in some places.
Illustrated by the author.
Caldecott medal 1951.
Illustrated by the author.
Caldecott medal 1951.
Everyone is familiar with the Easter tradition of coloring eggs, but have you ever heard of an Easter Egg Tree? According to the dust jacket, "Since its publication, this book has stimulated the making of Easter Egg Trees in libraries, schools, and homes all over the country." Maybe so, but I am afraid that is one tradition that escaped me as a child. But, a quick web search does reveal active Easter Egg Tree making throughout the world.
The story of Katy and Carl when they went to visit their Grandmom for Easter with all their cousins. During the egg hunt, Katy stumbles pon some beautifully painted eggs that her grandmom had made when she was a little girl. They decide to use the pinted eggs to decorate a tree, starting a tradition where each Easter they decorate and egg tree. I liked the story, as it was very sweet, but the illustrations weren't my favorite.
Tags: Caldecott, Easter, eggs, farm, Pennsylvania Dutch, Amish, tree, Katy, Grandmom, folk art
A little girl looks in her grandmother's attic and finds several beautifully decorated Easter eggs. The eggs are hung on a tree and so starts an Easter Egg Tree tradition. The illustrations seem to be pastels.
Caldecott Award 1951
"The Egg Tree" story and pictures by Katherine Milhous, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1950.
A little girl looks in her grandmother's attic and finds several beautifully decorated Easter eggs. The eggs are hung on a tree and so starts an Easter Egg Tree tradition. The illustrations seem to be pastels.
Caldecott Award 1951
"The Egg Tree" story and pictures by Katherine Milhous, Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1950.
The egg tree tells the story of the first egg hunt at Grandma's house. Out of apparent disappointment a special treasure is found. The special treasure inspires an even more treasured Easter as Grandma passes on a fun art lesson. That art brings the world to these children as art does for so many children around the world. Nonetheless something about the book just deadened the excitement for me and I was a little bored.
This book, simply put, was mundane. The story, about a girl named Katy who hangs her Grandmother's special eggs from a tree, is told in a "matter-of-fact" style that was not engaging in the slightest. The illustrations were simple and left little to be desired. This book could have possibly been appropriate for children at the time of its publication(1951), but modern audiences will most likely lose interest quickly.
In this book, Katy and Carl go searching for Easter eggs. Katy stumbles upon six beautiful eggs with beautiful pictures that her grandma painted when she was a child. They decided to hang them on a tree, and from then on had a tradition of painting eggs and hanging them on the egg tree. The illustrations are painted beautifully with greens, yellows, and oranges that make the images really stand out.
Birds twittered... has a different meaning that what some kids may thing now days.
A great book about traditions. The older children had been to the red house for an egg hunt before, but not Katy and Carl. And from the old egg hunt tradition a new tradition was formed with the Egg Tree and several children got to enjoy it.
Bright eye catching pictures!
A great book about traditions. The older children had been to the red house for an egg hunt before, but not Katy and Carl. And from the old egg hunt tradition a new tradition was formed with the Egg Tree and several children got to enjoy it.
Bright eye catching pictures!
Caldecott Winner 1951
I think I really liked it because I remember hunting for Easter eggs with my cousins on a farm. It brings back memories. I have also decorated an egg tree with my own children so I find the book sweet. For today's children, this may only rate a 3, but I am glad that I was taken back down memory lane.
I think I really liked it because I remember hunting for Easter eggs with my cousins on a farm. It brings back memories. I have also decorated an egg tree with my own children so I find the book sweet. For today's children, this may only rate a 3, but I am glad that I was taken back down memory lane.
3 1/2 stars. This story goes from the Easter Rabbit to an Easter Egg Hunt to discovering long-forgotten and beautifully decorated eggs to making an egg tree, decorating more eggs, making a larger egg tree, and sharing it with the neighbors. A nice, sweet story that makes you want to get out your egg decorating skills.
22 months - this is a pretty wordy book so I was happily surprised that it kept your attention. I enjoyed the story although I think it could have been written successfully in fewer words. The passing of traditions is very important and I personally have always loved egg painting. When you are older I think you will too!
The story is an account of an Easter egg hunt combined with painting Easter eggs. It was the hanging of eggs on the tree that became an ongoing tradition that drew visitors from near and far. The book design with it panels with silhouettes at the top and bottoms of pages is maybe the highlight of the book.
Illustrated by the author using tempera. Winner of the 1951 Caldecott Medal. This is a book about Easter that is, even though it's very sweet, just doesn't have enough excitement. It's long and wordy and definitely old. It is really sweet though, and I did actually like the illustrations quite a bit.
I probably enjoyed this story more than most, but the pictures were fun and the story was touching for me, as it was about a grandmother who teaches her grandkids to paint eggs. It doesn't mention the Pysanky tradition, but it reminded me of my mother, who was a beautiful pysanky egg artist
This is a small book for children age 5-8.
I actually bought it by accident, thinking it was longer.
The story tells about the Pennsylvanian Dutch tradition of painting Easter eggs and hanging them on trees. Me being from Germany, I actually never knew that there are places where people don't do that - rather ignorant on my part, but I've learned that now.
The drawings were beautiful and also colourful and bright - actually quite like you would imagine the drawings on Easter eggs to be.
The stor...more
I actually bought it by accident, thinking it was longer.
The story tells about the Pennsylvanian Dutch tradition of painting Easter eggs and hanging them on trees. Me being from Germany, I actually never knew that there are places where people don't do that - rather ignorant on my part, but I've learned that now.
The drawings were beautiful and also colourful and bright - actually quite like you would imagine the drawings on Easter eggs to be.
The stor...more
What a neat idea! It's like combining Christmas and Easter where you make your own ornaments. The illustrations were good, though I much preferred the full-color, full-page spreads to the more tonal half-pages. I did, however, enjoy the wood-cut-looking borders on the pages with text.
This is a book about how to make an Easter Egg Tree. I made an Easter Egg tree with my nieces and they had a great time blowing out the yolk, dying the eggs, and painting the eggs. After we decorated them we hung them on a tree and gave it to my mom (their grandparents) for Easter!
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