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In Mary Veronica’s Egg by Mary Nethery and illustrated by Paul Yalowtiz Mary Veronica finds a single egg sitting all alone by the pond.  It’s still warm and unlike any other egg she’s seen.  She searches through the grass to find it’s mother but comes up empty.  She decided to take the egg home to take care of it, hatch it and then win the gold ribbon for the Most Unusual Pet at her schools pet fair that week.  She’s sure that it’s something special:  an alligator, a platypus or python.  Her older sister Mary Louise trys to convince her it’s just a rotten agg and her younger sister Mary Margaret is positive that it’s a dinosaur egg.  But when the day of the science fair arrives, Mary Veronica’s egg hasn’t hatched yet and the judge can’t give a ribbon for an ordinary unhatched egg.  Will it hatch in time?  Will it win the most unusual pet ribbon?

The anticipation in this book is really fun.  I was pretty sure that I knew what was in the egg but I was second guessing myself until the very end.  There is also some fun words that would make this a fun read-a-loud book like zinger, zapper, zowzer.  I also liked how it addressed how we don’t always get what we want, we have to deal with disappointment.  But also how are faith and confidence pay off in the end.

Mary Nethery website and Paul Yalowitz website.  Mary is also the author of Hannah and Jack, Orange Cat Goes to Market, and Two Bobbies:  A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival coauthored with Kirby Larson.  I reviewed Two Bobbies this past fall and highly recommend that you go read the review and my interview with Kirby in preparation for a author interview with Mary Nethery tomorrow!  Two Bobbies is a very touching story and I’m excited to talk to Mary about it!

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