The first thing that popped into my head while reading this book was the old tale "humpty dumpty" because it is about a baby egg that wants to fly and ends up cracking because he didn't wait to become a chicken. The book describes all different ways the other chickens tried putting the egg back together again....with string, tape, thread, nails and screws, chewing gum, and tomato soup but then they come to the realization that shells don't heal. The last page of the book is cute because it says "luckily, the Egg was not wasted". I liked the humor in the book, and thought that kids would really enjoy reading this story because it is familiar to "humpty dumpty". Kids could easily make inferences and predictions throughout this book because it leaves many "cliff hangers" or places in the text where you could ask questions about what is going to happen to the Egg. One of my favorite parts of the book was when the Egg climbs up this tall tower and leaps off the edge and is so happy because he's flying. Then, on the next page it says "But the egg was not flying. It was falling". This line is so funny because at first, the author gives the perspective of the egg, and then shows what is really happening on the next page.
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