false 3049513 3 When Duck finds an egg of his own he's delighted: it's the most beautiful egg in the world! But all the other birds think it's a very odd egg indeed and everyone's in for a big surprise when the egg hatches. Children and adults alike will love the witty outcome and Emily Gravett's playful watercolour and pencil illustrations. 3080337 book 14 3 2008 The Odd Egg total:105|5:33|4:45|3:24|2:3|1:0| 105 423 157 38 3559349 1416968725 9781416968726 9 5 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259865592m/3559349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3559349.The_Odd_Egg 4 4 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:43:08 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 14:12:29 -0800 2009
Ack! I don’t know how to rate this book.

I loved, loved, loved it up until the very last page, starting with the cover. I was completely charmed. It’s sweet, very funny, the different sized pages make for much...more...]]> 3559349 1416968725 9781416968726 9 5 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259865592m/3559349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3559349.The_Odd_Egg 3 1 false Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:40:13 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 17:43:11 -0800 2009 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009 by The New York Times, Emily Gravett's The Odd Egg is a picture-book I've been eager to peruse, all the more so after reading a goodreads friend's review, with its rather cryptic references to the final page of the story. I now kno...more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:43:44 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:43:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Wed Jan 14 13:43:04 -0800 2009 Sat May 23 19:47:48 -0700 2009
Emily Gravett SO has a dark side. Oh, she camouflages it with lighthearted titles like Orange Pear Apple Bear and Monkey and Me, but she cannot keep it contained. It must spill out ...more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Mon Feb 23 15:31:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 15:31:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 3 0 false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:39:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 11:42:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 3 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:41:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:44:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 3 3 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:03:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:05:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 0 0 false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 00:28:46 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 00:29:37 -0700 2009 The Odd Egg (Simon and Schuster, 2008)

Gravett is certainly on form these days; first Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears and now The Odd Egg, which starts out looking as if it's going to be one of Gravett's minor books, but gets inventive fast, and the ending is right up there ...more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 0 0 false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:19:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 07:28:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 0 0 false Wed Jul 22 17:45:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 17:34:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 17:45:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3559349 1416968725 9781416968726 9 5 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259865592m/3559349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3559349.The_Odd_Egg 3 0 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:02:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:02:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:08:02 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:47:16 -0700 2009
The soft illustrations are brilliant in conjunction with the taunting, semi-harsh text. Through it all Duck is unfazed.

Rock on, Emily.]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:21:06 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:22:29 -0800 2009 3559349 1416968725 9781416968726 9 5 4.03 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1259865592m/3559349.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3559349.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Sat May 23 08:50:24 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 08:51:44 -0700 2009 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:54:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:55:27 -0700 2009 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 2 1 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 06:53:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 06:54:57 -0800 2009 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 16:07:07 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 16:59:37 -0800 2009 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 5 0 true Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:11:11 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:13:15 -0800 2009 Eggs
Believing in yourself
Doing your own thing regardless of popular opinion
Prediction
Fantastic, unexpected ending]]> 3049513 0230014917 9780230014916 95 32 4.03 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3049513.The_Odd_Egg 4 0 false Thu Jun 26 20:34:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 20:05:29 -0700 2008
The illustrations are so endearing and uncomplicated, but they are alluring to the eye.

All the birds are there in their stereotypical characters: the owl i...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3049513