Customer Reviews

Edwina the Emu

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An Australian friend gave my son this book when he was born. I've been reading it to him for 10 months, now. As he got more coordinated, he started handing it to me to read. It has great illustrations and rhythmic text. We loved it so much we looked for more of her books & found Edward the Emu. We read them everyday.

Wonderful pictures (again), and nice rhyming text. Mom goes off for work after leaving Edward to warm the nest/eggs. After trying several jobs, Edwina tries being a waitress, and has someone order EGGS! She decides that she and Edward should share the parenting duties from then on.

I had to write and speak up for this wonderful book. The pictures and text have captivated many students as well as my own 5 children.The adults that we share this book with roll with laughter at the great pictures and *awww* at the special relationship between Edward & Edwina.Its commendable that an author would show us that often times we mothers search for our *worth* outside of our own families, when in fact we are tremendously valuable people for putting our *first* efforts into raising our children. It is refreshing to see the story end up that mom and dad will take equal roles in raising thier children together.In rebuttal to the *Unintentional controversy* review : Any book could be seen as controversial depending on what your personal slant is.The nice thing is that nobody in our country is *Made* to read a book they dont care for.I just thought that someone should speak up for this wonderful book. Its not just for children either =0)

It was a great childrens book that was extremely enteraining. Definatly read this one!

I recently bought emu eggs as a present for my three Granddaughter and I wanted a book as a tie-in for them. I looked at several book and ''Edwina the Emu'' was my pick. The story is at a good level for their ages and the pictures are wonderful. I found that there are several book on Emus by this author and I'm thinking that they will make nice follow up gifts.

My daugther is three and is in an American pre-school. Edward the Emu is a perfect gift to show her friends something about her heritage. The book is nicely illustrated and very entertaining.

This story will MELT your heart and really shows how two birds work together for their babies! It's really adorable and very funny! Also has a lot of repetition which kids LOVE! My husband and I love love loved it!

I will always remember the very first time I read this book with my kids! We laughed so hard we were all crying! When we finished, I jumped up and shared it with three other adults in the house! The artwork is beautiful and makes Edward and Edwina seem like characters I really want to get to know. And the babies - each of my kids has their favorite! We still talk about this book, even after it's been returned to the library. I had no idea there was a book about Edward. . . we'll have to find that one too!

This book is for ages 3 to 6. The illistrations are amazing and the story is very cute.

A sequel to Edward the Emu, the illustrations are just as good and the storyline is more than acceptable. It's a very, very good book but can't quite replicate the genius of Edward.