Extraordinary Egg (Step Into Reading - Level 3 - Quality)

by Leo Lionni

This egg-splosive tale of mistaken identity from Caldecott winner Leo Lionni is perfect for springtime reading and frog fans everywhere!

For three frogs, an ordinary day on Pebble Island becomes extraordinary when one of them discovers a beautiful white egg. Although they've never seen a chicken egg, they're sure that's what this is. So, when the egg hatches and out crawls a long, green, scaly, four-legged creature, they naturally call it . . . a chicken!

Leo Lionni's colorful animal fable—one of his simplest and funniest—features a hilarious case of mistaken identity that's an utter delight.


"An eggstraordinary treat from a master storyteller."—SLJ

"Just the thing to lighten up a picture-book hour."—Kirkus

• ISBN10: 0613115228
• ISBN13: 9780613115223
• Publish Date: 17 November 1998 (first published 22 March 1994)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 12 July 2022
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

This is rather amusing and a great read to throw in while studying amphibians and reptiles.

Update: 2015

An Extraordinary Egg is a story written about 1948 I believe. It is one of several by Leo Lionni that has entertained children for decades. Now for the summer of 2015, this story returns in a Step into Reading Level 3 reader right on key for students that are getting ready to read on their own.

Reading this now, I'd say that it would a perfect one to add in when studying classifications in science.

I read a digital loan of the ISBN 13: 9780385755474. I own a vintage copy of the storybook.

This review will post: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2015/07/13/an-extraordinary-egg-by-leo-lionni-step-into-reading-level-3/