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The talking eggs

  • Robert D. San Souci

4.50

2 ratings

A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.

Genres

  • Folklore
  • Spanish language materials
  • Juvenile literature
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Greed
  • Cruelty
  • Conduct of life
  • Wealth
  • Holidays & Celebrations
  • Coretta Scott King Award
  • Animals
  • Easter & Lent
  • People & Places
  • African American
  • Magic
  • Eggs
  • Children
  • Avarice
  • Poverty
  • Caldecott Medal
  • Pride and vanity
  • Country & Ethnic
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore
  • Folklore, united states
  • African americans, folklore
  • collectionID:caldecotthonor90
  • Children's fiction
  • Eggs, fiction
  • Bilingual books, spanish-english
  • award:Caldecott_award
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About the author

  • Robert D. San Souci

    born 1946

    4.83

    54 ratings · 77 works

Editions

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    Scholastic

    1990

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    1st ed.

    Dial Books for Young Readers, Dial

    1989

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    1. ed. en español.

    Dial Books for Young Readers/Penquin Ediciones

    1996

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    Bodley Head

    1989

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Scholastic Pubns.

1989

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    Scholastic

    August 1990