This is a mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story. A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the woods. "It's a sun egg!" declares the elf who finds it nestled on the forest floor. Soon she and her friends find out what it really is, but not before the little elf has one of the best adventures she has ever had.
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'What a lovely magical little story. The illustrations are delightful and the story is just so very sweet. This book is produced as a gift book and I think it would make a lovely present for a young girl.' -- Totz2teens.co.uk member review
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Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) is the most popular children's illustrator in Sweden, where her picture books have been known and loved for over a century.
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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Elsa Beskow's classic children's book, The Sun Egg (or Sol Agget, in the original Swedish), is a very sweet tale of a young forest elf living in a cold Northern clime. The little red-headed elf lives there with her many small friends, which include a mischevious little boy elf with an acorn cap, an elder elf who looks just like a Swedish Christmas Tomten (he wears a Santa-esque red hat and has a long, white beard), two tiny frogs, some friendly birds and an even tinier lizard(!). They are all very happy living in their pretty Northern forest, with lots of healthy green trees and sometimes even snow (depending on the season)! One day, she stumbles upon a giant orange.. or "sun egg," which has fallen mysteriously from the sky! It is unlike anything they have ever seen before! Once she finds it, and consults with all her forest friends, she decides to embark on an exciting journey to find out about it, what it is, and where it came from. With wonderful color illustrations facing each page of text (and yet more illustrations peeking up from around the text), this book is a little work of art unto itself, both in its pictures and in its cute and endearing story.
Children of all ages (the young in age as well as the young at heart) will enjoy this book. A wonderful, cozy, winters' night read, I remember having it read to me as a child, and how much I enjoyed it. Elsa Beskow is a wonderful writer, and just as wonderful an artist. Recommended!
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
The sun egg is a fantastic children's book by Swedish author Elsa Beskow. It's about a little fairy that lives in the forest. She loves the nature and she is well acquainted with all the animals around her. One day the fairy makes a remarkable discovery. She finds a mysterious orange thing, laying on the moss. She looks up to the sky and sees a hole, she understands that it must be a sun egg that has fallen from the sky. This is the beginning of an adventure that takes the fairy on a journey to the sun land in the south. The book is very exciting and the pictures are both wonderful and mesmerizing. I strongly recommend it.
29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
By teastaigh
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful and charming book with a sweet, riddle-like
quality. The illustrations are worth the book alone. Elsa Beskow writes,
again, a soul-nourishing tale. These books are as much a gift to me as to
the children for whom I buy them and to whom I read them. This is a special book to celebrate the oncoming of Spring. It makes me want to make a tea party, read the book, and fall into the dear world of make-believe. Along with "Peter's Old House" and "Ollie's Ski Trip", this is a classic that would make a nice, life-long edition to any child's library. It's also an off-beat choice, and thus a safe gift for the child who already has a trove of good-reads at home.
quality. The illustrations are worth the book alone. Elsa Beskow writes,
again, a soul-nourishing tale. These books are as much a gift to me as to
the children for whom I buy them and to whom I read them. This is a special book to celebrate the oncoming of Spring. It makes me want to make a tea party, read the book, and fall into the dear world of make-believe. Along with "Peter's Old House" and "Ollie's Ski Trip", this is a classic that would make a nice, life-long edition to any child's library. It's also an off-beat choice, and thus a safe gift for the child who already has a trove of good-reads at home.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mini book but my children love it
I ordered this from a Amazon marketplace seller, but it was the miniature edition, so the pictures are half the size they should be. Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book
Imaginative and soft, and unexpectedly funny. It held my 4 year old's attention even though it has long paragraphs on each page. I really love it. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Alexandra Carbone
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, not great
I bought this after loving Peter in Blueberry Forest. This book isn't as good of a story. It doesn't "flow" well and I get bored reading it. My son likes it ok- he was 2. Read more
Published on April 10, 2011 by H. Brown
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute but this is a small book, not a large picture book.
This was a cute story but make sure to look at the dimensions before buying. I thought I was buying a large picture book but this is the small edition so it's harder to see the... Read more
Published on January 14, 2011 by Jill
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Egg
The Sun Egg is a beautiful story. I did not know much about the author when I ordered it, but have since learned that she is a beloved children's writer. Read more
Published on July 7, 2010 by Poetry lover
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely book
The illustrations in this book are worth framing they are so lovley. This is a very sweet story indeed.
Published on June 21, 2010 by Andrew Faber
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nicely illustrated small book
This is a sweet story with lovely illustrations; I purchased it to send to grandnieces, but will wait until they are reading with full comprehension and can appreciate the mix of... Read more
Published on November 30, 2009 by Osaggie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for my imaginative 3 yr old and 6 yr old
This captured the attention of both my 3 and 6 year olds. It is a favorite repeat. It is perfect for those children that still believe in magic. Read more
Published on October 19, 2009 by T. Mclean
5.0 out of 5 stars
this edition is a mini-book
Note the dimensions of the book before buying (I didn't). The mini-book is adorable, but Elsa Beskow's illustrations are so beautiful and detailed, I think we would have been... Read more
Published on January 30, 2009 by Sheri
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Popular
Read this book and you will see why, in my years as a bookstore manager, I could not keep this one on the shelf. A very popular story. I think one of Elsa Beskow's best.
Published on November 2, 2008 by m. kaye
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