Egg Drop [Hardcover]

Mini Grey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2009 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Now for something completely different from Mini Grey!

A mother hen tells her chicks about the egg that wanted to fly. “The egg was young. It didn’t know much. We tried to tell it, but of course it didn’t listen.” The egg loves looking up at the birds (yes, it has eyes). It climbs 303 steps (yes, it has legs) to the top of a very tall tower—and jumps. It feels an enormous egg rush. “Whee!” it cries. “I am flying!” But it is not flying, it is falling. Hold your tears, dear reader—there is a sunny ending for this modern-day Humpty Dumpty. Impossible to categorize, Egg Drop is Mini Grey at her zaniest.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books, September 2009:
"Kids in general will roar with laughter at this expectation-busting tale."

From the Inside Flap

The surreal story of the egg that wanted to fly.

The egg has always dreamed of being able to fly, but it doesn?t really know much about making the dream a reality. The only method that seems guaranteed to work is to get to a very high place and then?jump! Now, that may not sound like a good thing for an egg to do, but then the egg is young and doesn?t know very much. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375842608
• ISBN-13: 978-0375842603
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 0.4 x 10.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives.

Her books include Egg Drop, The Pea and the Princess (shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), Biscuit Bear (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award), Traction Man is Here (winner of the Boston Horn Book Award and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon (winner of the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal), and Traction Man meets Turbodog. Mini Grey is one of the Big Picture's ten Best New Illustrators.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny Story, July 25, 2009

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Julie Peterson "Booking Mama" (Central PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Egg Drop (Hardcover)

EGG DROP by Mini Grey is a very cute book! My son and I both thoroughly enjoyed reading about a little egg who really wanted to fly. Of course, we both knew that the egg was asking for trouble from the start, but that only made the book all the more fun to read.

EGG DROP is an ideal book for preschoolers. The pictures are just adorable and there are only a few words on each page so even the most active youngster will be able to sit through the entire story. I thought the pictures definitely enhanced the story, and I actually think we spent more time looking at the pictures than reading the words. I also like that this story was really funny. The humor in this book will appeal not only to young children but also to the adults who have to read it!

Besides the story, I also thought the lessons in this book were cute. It's no surprise that the egg wasn't able to fly; and we also know from Humpty Dumpty that you can't fix a broken egg. But the ultimate lesson in EGG DROP was really about patience -- if only the little egg would have waited...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprising, hilarious ending makes for a zany story, August 21, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Egg Drop (Hardcover)

Mini Grey's EGG DROP tells of an egg that wanted to fly. Unfortunately the egg is young and has no idea of possibilities or how to go about flying! A surprising, hilarious ending makes for a zany story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa!, February 17, 2012

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M. Heiss (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Egg Drop (Hardcover)

With Mini Grey, I always expect quirky. But just like with "Wolves" by Emily Gravett, this book has a stunning twist at the end, which makes it surprising and enjoyable.

PARENT NOTE: I have older kids, and they get a big kick out of this book. Pre-read for younger kids, since the sudden dose of reality may be off-putting.