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The Golden Egg Book (Big Little Golden Book)

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I loved this book as a child, and still find it magical after more decades than I'd like to admit. It's a gentle story about wonder, imagination, surprise, and friendship, and Weisgard's illustrations are enchanting. It just doesn't get much better than this. I'm in the book biz, and in my profession I look at lots and lots of picture books.
"The Golden Egg Book" has a universal appeal that still holds its own after all these years, and will continue to engage children for a long time.

I had fond memories of this little book (and one called The Whispering Rabbit), and the images were etched in my mind, so I searched for them to have to read to my little ones. I was thrilled to find both books, and ordered them, only to be disapointed that the illustrations were not the same as I remembered. Upon further research, I found the original on ebay in a book titled The Whispering Rabbit and Other Stories by Margaret Wise Brown, Copyright Weekly Reader Book Club Edition, 1965. The Book includes the 2 aforementioned stories, and The Friendly Book, Scuppers Song, and Rabbit Poem.

Charmingly written by Margaret Wise Brown and superbly illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, The Gold Egg Book is a true picturebook classic telling the story of the rambling imagination of one little bunny as he tries to figure out just what is inside a beautiful blue egg. A whole new generation of children ages 2 to 5 will delight in this lively story as the bunny tries to shake, push, and even jump on the egg in his attempts to break it. But the egg won't hatch until it is ready! The Golden Egg Book will prove to be an enthusiastically popular addition to family, preschool, and community library collections.

My mother used to read it to me and now I am reading it to my daugther (she's 2 1/2). It is a family favorite. The story is beautiful, touching, sweet, etc. I love the language/word choice used by the author. I could read it to my daughter every day and not get tired of it. And, the illustrations are exquisite. They are so detailed and beautiful. If you do not own this book, go and buy it. It's worth every penny. You will not be disappointed. They don't make them like this anymore! This is a classic.

I did not know this book as a child, but have come to revere Margaret Wise Brown's books as I read them to my boys, and this is now my favourite book (the kids love it too). It has such a silly humour in it, as a little bunny wonders what is in the egg (A little boy? An elephant?), tries to find out (rolling the egg down a hill, throwing a little rock at it), then finally fally into a deep sleep. The duckling that emerges from the egg is equally puzzled by the bunny (What could this little fur thing be?), and proceeds to subject the sleeping bunny to the same treatment he got, trying to wake him. In the end all that matters is that they are friends, "And no one was ever alone again." I cant think of a more comforting thought to send a child to sleep with.

The illustratins are gorgeous, and the book is worth every penny.

I found an old, beat-up copy of this book at a used bookstore and even with a few torn pages, it has become one of my 2 1/2 year old son's favorite bedtime stories. The story of a lonely bunny who finds, first an egg, and then a friend, is really sweet. But it's the illustrations that I absolutely love. Every page has different, lovely flowers, plants, butterflies or small animals. (Although my copy is pretty old so I'm not sure they are the same as this print.) Highly recommended.

What a sweet "friend" book. WARNING There is violence. The bunny threw a rock at the egg, but he was a very small bunny and it was a very small rock, so the egg did not crack. In the end, there is the promise to never be alone again. What more can one want?

The first book I can recall my Great Grandmother, who raised me, reading to me was The Golden Egg book. Grammie had a farm, and I was so surprised every time any of the eggs would hatch from either the chickens or the ducks.
It was given to me as an Easter gift and by my birthday I knew it by heart.
I read it to my children, and I now read it to my grand children. I have a new copy of this book for my grand children when they have their first child for them to read to them.
To me there is something so wonderful as a child asking that question,"Read to me mommy?"

This gorgeously illustrated book is a must-have in your toddler's library! The story is sweet and simple and encourages curiosity (What's inside that egg?). This one is read and re-read after many months of use, and when my son can't decide which book to choose for bedtime, he'll gladly accept this one!

Welllllllllll, we are both Golden Book and Margaret Wise Brown fans in this house, so really, what was there not to love? This, along with Runaway Bunny and the appropriate perfectly matched plush are going in our Little One's Easter basket and I could not be more pleased. The size on this book along with the quality of the pages, is impressive, and I know my angel will love it as much as I do. This book is so gorgeous.