The Odd Egg (Arabic edition)

from elizabethholloway

This book tells the story of Duck, whose other bird friends have all laid eggs except for him, so he finds an egg--a very large egg--that he adopts. Never is there any mention of the fact that males cannot lay eggs. (Perhaps the book is attempting to move beyond gender stereotypes, showing that m...

from CarolyneBegin

Very cute book about a duck who has not laid an egg. He has many friends who are waiting for their eggs to hatch and he goes out i search of one. He finds an amazing white egg with green spots and brings it back to wait with the others. He loves this egg but the others do not and discourage him f...

from linnaea44

Extremely cute book. I loved the illustrations and the story itself. I liked how the duck stood by her adopted egg until it hatched even though all her friends were laughing and teasing her. It pints out that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it might not be yours naturally, you can still...

from akrause

This story is another great example of Emily Gravett's unique and surprise ending of a children's book. Duck finds an egg that is unlike any of the other birds and patiently waits for it to hatch. Finally after all the other eggs have hatched, so does the one belonging to duck, and when it does y...

from BethWal94

In this book, we are shown the life cycle of the egg. We see many different animals with their eggs, and we see how they seem to be a smaller size. But then, the duck seems to have a rather large egg for his size. You see, all the other birds laid their eggs, but the duck found his. As the story ...