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{{infobox
|title=The Chicken and the Egg
|sort=The Chicken and the Egg
|author=Allan Plenderleith
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Another delightful story from Allan Plenderleith for the older pre-schooler. It would make a great present.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=40
|publisher=Ravette
|date=April 2013
|isbn=978-1841613710
|website=http://wwwallanplenderleith.com
|video=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841613711</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1841613711</amazonus>
}}
Flo the chicken lived on a farm where ''every'' chicken laid one egg ''every'' day, except for Flo, that is. She tried everything - you'll see from the pictures that she really did try ''everything'', but nothing worked. Then one day it rained and all the other chickens went into the coop but there was no room for Flo - so there was nothing left for her to do but hide under a tree. As the rain came down, so did something else and a really BIG egg landed right next to Flo. The other chickens were just a bit sceptical (the egg was bigger than Flo), but Flo was the maternal type and she loved that egg and cared for it all through the year. Then came the night when a predator came calling at the farm and Flo wouldn't leave her egg...
No - I'm not going to tell you what happens! Suffice it to say that it's a gorgeous story of maternal love, devotion and bravery, but most of all it's about the power of having a dream, even if it is just a tiny bit unrealistic! There's a lovely tension in the story and surprisingly, I found that it was still there when I reread the book. I can imagine young readers squealing as the story progresses.
It's a lovely book to share with a child. The story is good and the illustrations complement it perfectly. They're of the type which reward a second look - I found quite a few gems on my second reading. It's good for the emerging reader too - a perfect size for small hands to hold without assistance and with a suitably sturdy construction that means this isn't a books about which you need to be ''too'' precious.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If you'd like something similar then you need look no further than [[The Silly Satsuma by Allan Plenderleith|The Silly Satsuma]] also by Allan Plenderleith.
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{{commenthead}}
|title=The Chicken and the Egg
|sort=The Chicken and the Egg
|author=Allan Plenderleith
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Another delightful story from Allan Plenderleith for the older pre-schooler. It would make a great present.
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=40
|publisher=Ravette
|date=April 2013
|isbn=978-1841613710
|website=http://wwwallanplenderleith.com
|video=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841613711</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1841613711</amazonus>
}}
Flo the chicken lived on a farm where ''every'' chicken laid one egg ''every'' day, except for Flo, that is. She tried everything - you'll see from the pictures that she really did try ''everything'', but nothing worked. Then one day it rained and all the other chickens went into the coop but there was no room for Flo - so there was nothing left for her to do but hide under a tree. As the rain came down, so did something else and a really BIG egg landed right next to Flo. The other chickens were just a bit sceptical (the egg was bigger than Flo), but Flo was the maternal type and she loved that egg and cared for it all through the year. Then came the night when a predator came calling at the farm and Flo wouldn't leave her egg...
No - I'm not going to tell you what happens! Suffice it to say that it's a gorgeous story of maternal love, devotion and bravery, but most of all it's about the power of having a dream, even if it is just a tiny bit unrealistic! There's a lovely tension in the story and surprisingly, I found that it was still there when I reread the book. I can imagine young readers squealing as the story progresses.
It's a lovely book to share with a child. The story is good and the illustrations complement it perfectly. They're of the type which reward a second look - I found quite a few gems on my second reading. It's good for the emerging reader too - a perfect size for small hands to hold without assistance and with a suitably sturdy construction that means this isn't a books about which you need to be ''too'' precious.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If you'd like something similar then you need look no further than [[The Silly Satsuma by Allan Plenderleith|The Silly Satsuma]] also by Allan Plenderleith.
{{amazontext|amazon=1841613711}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=9500909}}
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