Rechenka's Eggs

Rechenka's Eggs
Author: Patricia Polacco

Summary: Babushka is know for the beautiful eggs she paints for the Easter Festival each year. Her eggs always win first prize. One year while preparing for the festival Babushka goes outside to watch the caribou only to have an injured goose fall from the sky. Babushka takes in the goose and helps it heal. She names the goose Rechenka. After Rechenka begins to feel better she jumps onto the table overturning the basket full of painted eggs and breaks them. Babuska is sure that she will not be able to go to the Easter Festival but the next day to her surprise Rechenka has laid a beautiful painted egg. She continues to lay eggs until the Easter Festival, where Babushka takes first prize again. When Babushka comes home she finds a surprise awaiting her. This is a sweet story of friendship and kindness. Polacco's story gives a little background into Ukrainian and Russian background and has beautiful artwork. Again this book has more text so it is better for a child about 4 and up.

Babushka lived alone in a dacha, a little house in the country, but she was known far and wide for the fine eggs that she lovingly painted. Her eggs were so beautiful that she always won first prize at the Easter Festival in Moskva

Ages: 4-8
Use to teach: Easter, Kindness, Friendship