[PW] Re: children's book identification

[Daphne Drewello]

Heidi McReynolds wrote

> A patron at my library is trying to remember the title of a children's
> book she loved when she was young.  She said it was about a family that
> lived in an egg, and when the egg was cracked open they had a big party.

   Here's a possibility from the Stumpers archives.

  On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Kathy Templeman wrote:

> I have a patron who remembers the following story...does it ring any
> bells with anyone?
>
> A poor man who has 12 children rescues and cares for an injured bird. The
> bird grows to huge size and lays an egg as repayment to the man. The egg
> is large enough to feed the town a huge breakfast. Also, the egg shell is
> used as a house for the man and his family.

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:25:42 -0700
From: Melissa Ducote Shepherd <alp15 at tricon.net>

The book you are looking for is A Present From a Bird.:

Williams, Jay, 1914-
'A present from a bird'.  Illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast.
New York, Parents Magazine Press.
[1971]
[40]p. col. illus. 19 x 24 cm.

Summary:  To repay the poor Bimble family for their kindness,
the queen of the birds lays a gigantic egg for which the Bimbles
find many uses.

LCCN:  72-153786
ISBN:  0-8193-0501-4

Daphne Drewello
Alfred Dickey Library
Jamestown, ND