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Rechenka's Eggs

TITLE: Rechenka's Eggs
AUTHOR: Polacco, Patricia
ILLUSTRATOR: Polacco, Patricia
PUBLISHER: Putnam and Grosset
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1988
ISBN: 399215018 PRICE: $5.95
CULTURAL GROUP: European, Soviet Union THEME: Eggs
SYNOPSIS:
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS
SUBJECT: Counseling GRADE: 2,3,4 TOPIC: Kindness
COMMENTS:
Can be used in conjuction with: Chicken Sunday, Flossie and the Fox, and Nina's Treasures which all deal with "eggs."
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use KID PIX STUDIO (Broderbund) to create "pysanky" (Ukranian eggs) as shown on page 56 of the KID PIX AROUND THE WORLD ACTIVITY BOOK) by Barbara Chan (Addison Wesley, 1994).

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