The Enormous Egg

by Oliver Butterworth

Other authorsLouis Darling (Illustrator)
Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Collection

Publication

Joy Street Books / Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (1993), 188 pages

Description

One morning Nate looked in the henhouse and saw the biggest egg he'd ever seen. Six weeks later, no one--not the townspeople, the scientific world, the senators from Washington-- was prepared for what hatched. Oliver Butterworth's funny story of a Triceratops in the twentieth century.

Awards

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1959)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1957-1958)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1965)
Great Reads from Great Places (New Hampshire — 2019)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1956

Lexile

900L
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