Age Group: 0 - 3 Years, 3 - 6 Years

Description:

All the birds in the garden have laid their very own eggs—except for poor Duck! When he stumbles upon a wonderfully large, green-spotted egg, he proudly claims it for himself, certain it must be the most beautiful egg in the whole world. The other birds aren't so sure: they snigger and snipe, declaring it odd and predicting it will never hatch. Yet patient Duck sits, knits and waits as one by one the other eggs go creak-crack to reveal a chick, an owlet, a parrot and a flamingo chick—until at last, his own egg gives an enormous SNAP and out bursts a most surprising little stranger! Twice Kate Greenaway-winning Emily Gravett's brilliantly clever split pages, gentle watercolour-and-pencil illustrations and laugh-out-loud surprise ending make this a perfect celebration of patience, persistence and the wonderful joy of being delightfully different.