Rotten Egg Paterson to the Rescue

by Colin Thiele, Karen Ritz (Illustrator)

Danny "Rotten Egg Paterson" earns his nickname by trying to hatch an emu egg that he had saved from a hungry goanna lizard in the Australian scrublands. His nemesis is Hacker Belton, who first teases Danny by tossing the egg around and then maliciously places it near a goanna in a school nature - day exhibit. Danny foils the bully by rescuing the chick and hiding it under his shirt, where it pecks its way out during a class recital. The chick becomes a symbol to the town of the need for preserving wildlife.

133 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (1997).