The Golden Egg Book (Little Golden Storybook) [Hardcover]

Golden Books (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 1998 | Series: Little Golden Storybook

Margaret Wise Brown's (author of Goodnight, Moon) timeless Easter tale is now available as a Little Golden Storybook. Perfect for any Easter basket, or great as a gift, all on its own.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (January 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307161498
• ISBN-13: 978-0307161499
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 6.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,168,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died over 45 years ago, her books still sell very well. Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading. She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them. She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper. Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What this book means to me..., March 20, 2000

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This review is from: The Golden Egg Book (Golden Lap Book) (Hardcover)

As a child I used to check this book out of the libarary EVERYTIME I went. I remember crying one week because the only copy available was the one I was returning and they hadn't put it back on the shelf and I couldn't take it home. My best friend and I would read and re-read this book. We just loved the bunny kicking, rolling, and jumping on the egg and then the same happening to him when he fell asleep and the egg hatched. The bunny and duck became best friends, I met my best friend through reading this book in 1965 and we are still best friends today. I cried when my mom gave me and my friend copies of this book a couple of years ago as a gift.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fond Memories, February 11, 2000

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This review is from: The Golden Egg Book (Golden Lap Book) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book! As a young immigrant child some 30 years ago this was one of the first books I ever read and thoroughly digested. Simple and touching, this should be a required book in every child's repertoire. The sooner the better!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful For Young Children, December 3, 2003

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This review is from: Golden Egg Book (Little Golden Book)

I read this to my 2 year old niece every time I see her. We have a different edition, I think, and the pictures are simply beautiful. The text is such that my niece can easily follow along and even remembers certain parts by heart. It is a wonderful story that really captures and holds the attention of a young child. A simply wonderful story.