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Rechenka's Eggs
A warm tale of love and and the unexpected from the bestselling author of The Keeping Quilt. Old Babushka is preparing her eggs for the Easter festival when she takes in Rechenka, an injured goose, who shows her that miracles really can happen. A Reading Rainbow Feature Title. Full color.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
March 19th 1996
by Puffin
(first published March 28th 1988)
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Dec 30, 2009
Lisa Vegan
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
3-8 year olds; for Easter reading; for those who appreciate nature
Oh, so cute. This is a lovely fantasy story. It’s about a woman who paints award winning Ukrainian painted eggs. She saves a goose wounded by a hunter, and this delightful story goes from there. In order to avoid spoilers, I can’t really say much about what happens, but it’s a sweet story with a sweet ending. The illustrations of the painted eggs are wondrous, as are the illustrations of the caribou, geese, woman, the woman’s dwelling, and the festival. There’s a lovely, not too heavy handed, mo...more
Jan 21, 2011
Dolly
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
We are slowly making our way through Patricia Polacco's books. We picked this one out because of the gorgeously decorated eggs on the cover; we wanted to compare this story with the book The Easter Egg Farm we've recently read. The stories were very different, but have a similar plot twist that is fantastic and pretty much impossible.
We most enjoyed the cultural references to Russia (like the native pronounciation of Moscow as Moskva, the religious icon, and the onion-domed buildings) and the s...more
We most enjoyed the cultural references to Russia (like the native pronounciation of Moscow as Moskva, the religious icon, and the onion-domed buildings) and the s...more
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When I was reading Patricia Polacco’s books, I was interested in knowing more about how Patricia Polacco studied Russian and Greek iconographic history in the Royal Melbourne Institute, which along with her interest in painting Ukrainian eggs, inspired her to create this story! “Rechenka’s Eggs” is a Russian tale by Patricia Polacco about how a talented old lady named Babushka finds an injured goose one night and she soon discovers that the goose now named Rechenka, lays eggs that are not your...more
Lovely Easter tale with a Russian flavor. The decorated eggs are gorgeous, and the tale of enjoying the miracles of spring is touching and timely.
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Mar 30, 2013
Robert
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5 of 5 stars
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I purchased this at Triple Oaks nursery in Franklinville, NJ. I had taken a craft lesson with the nursery to learn how to make Russian eggs. I was no good at the task, but purchased this wonderful story nonetheless.
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Polacco can tell a story. Here she spins a new spool off the old yarn of goose who laid a golden egg. Set in oldtime Russia, the babushka's kindness is rewarded. Such lovely illustrations that accompany the text!
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My students really took to this story this year. It's nice to be...more
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Polacco can tell a story. Here she spins a new spool off the old yarn of goose who laid a golden egg. Set in oldtime Russia, the babushka's kindness is rewarded. Such lovely illustrations that accompany the text!
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My students really took to this story this year. It's nice to be...more
Apr 18, 2011
Candice
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Sophie - when she's older
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An old Russian tale of kind old woman Babushka and her beautiful painted eggs. Babushka's eggs are so beautiful that they win the competition in Moskva every year. One winter day Babushka finds an injured goose which she names Rechenka and brings into her home to nurse back to health. Rechenka lays eggs for Babushka's breakfast, but one day she jumps up on Babushka's work table, upsetting Babushka's paints and ruining her eggs. What can Rechenka do to make up for this? It's a beautifully illustr...more
Babushka is known by all for her beautiful painted eggs. She plans to enter a basket of the painted eggs for the Easter Festival. One snowy night, Babushka discovers a hurt goose and she takes the creature in, naming her Rechenka. The two are bonding and everything seems to great until Rechenka accidentally breaks all of Babushka Festival eggs. But, the next day Babushka is surprised by a miracle. Will she still be able to enter the Festival? What will happen to Rechenka when she heals?
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Babushka is known for the beautiful eggs that she painted. Every year she would take them to the Easter Festival where they would always win first prize. Babushka sees beauty in every living creature, calling each a miracle, and when one day a goose falls out of the sky with an injured wing she brings it inside to nurse it back to health. She names the goose Rechenka and their special relationship results in eggs more beautiful than any others.
May 26, 2011
Mhm Storytelling
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This is a very sweet book and perfect for Easter or even an activity about birds. I used this book in my classroom when my students were learning about Ukrainian Easter eggs. They loved the ending! This book is great for asking students to make predictions as well as providing beautiful examples of Easter eggs.
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Rechenka's Eggs is one of my favorite Patricia Polacco books (I also love Babushka's Doll). The beautifully detailed eggs always draw my attention. The story is nice, the illustrations are lovely, the ending is satisfying. What more do you need?
I feel like this book was designed for the express purpose of prompting art lessons on pyansky, which is perfectly fine by me. I loved the art in this one -- that the faces weren't very bright or detailed but the clothing and eggs were.
This is a beautiful book! It would be great for a folk tale unit or introduction. Teachers could talk about Russia and the beautiful eggs and then have students make or color their own.
Patricia Polacco is always a great choice... as long as your kids have the attention span for a longer picture book. This is a cool one for Easter.
Another great book by Patricia Polacco. Her sense and appreciation for family and tradition is wonderful. Loved the illustrations.
Magical. One of Polacco's finest. If you're ever needing an Easter book for a pre-schooler or kindergartner, this is it.
beautifully illustrated tale of little miracles
themes: Easter, eggs, festival, goose, miracle, Moscow, Russia, Spring
themes: Easter, eggs, festival, goose, miracle, Moscow, Russia, Spring
Usually love Patricia Polacco--but this wasn't my favorite. Good for learning a little about the geography/culture of Russia.
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Story of old Russia about friendship. Contains several Russian words, recommend you read ahead of your class.
A lonely old woman rescues an injured wild goose and nurses her back to health. Every day the goose lays an egg for the old woman. The old woman is known for and has won contests for her extraordinary painted eggs. One day the goose accidently breaks her painted eggs ; the old woman is upset because she was going to enter them in a contest. From that day on, the goose lays an extraordinarily beautiful egg every day which the lady enters in the contest and wins. The goose is healed and flies off...more
Beautiful illustrations and a touching story showing that miracles really do happen!
Liked the ending but didn't think there was much to story over all.
This is my all time favorite Patricia Polacco book. :)
I am in love with this folksy Russian style!
Beautiful artwork, full of kindness.
Beautiful.
45 months - One of the best Easter stories we've read... And we've read a lot! This would be a nice one to own.
May 29, 2008
Marci
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4 of 5 stars
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Patricia Polacco is of Russian/Ukrainian ancestry and loves to share her heritage with her young readers. Her story is delightful and meaninful and her illustrations perfect. As in the story, Patricia likes to paint decorative Ukrainian eggs. This would be a wonderful story to share with children before decorating Easter eggs. But in truth it's wonderful to share at any time.
Polacco's illustrations for this story are great; the folkart style is appropriate for the story and the unfilled white areas on the pages do well to showcase the bold colors of the illustrations. Prefer this verison over the other one I just finished, The Bird's Gift retold by Eric Kimmel.
beautiful pictures and an old fashioned fairy tale
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And always having to wait until her next book is published.
May 14, 2011 02:59pm
May 14, 2011 09:14pm