Books with title The Amazing Egg

Kane and Kaylee, the notorious "K" pirates, spend their days flying their magic ship all over outer space looking for star sparkles and food--lots of food. So when their ship crash lands on a moon made of candy, you would think they'd be in heaven. But someone else has landed there too--Claire and her crew of "C" pirates. Claire isn't willing to share so much as a single peppermint with anyone--certainly not with pirates whose names start with "K." However, not all of Claire's crew feels the same way. With the help of the inventive Cash, can Kane and Kaylee help to show Claire that being different isn't all that bad--that in fact, sometimes being different is downright amazing? Join the "C" and "K" crews on their zany, outer space adventure to find out. *Note to readers: 25% of all profits goes to ALFA, a charity helping adults with autism and other developmental disabilities in Southern Illinois live more full and abundant lives!*

It's a bright and beautiful spring day, and Pearl, a pig, is dawdling on her way home from school. Most unexpectedly, she strikes up an acquaintance with a small bone. "You talk?" says Pearl. "In any language," says the bone. "And I can imitate any sound there is." (Its former owner was a witch.) Pearl and the bone immediately take a liking to each other, and before you know it she is on her way home with the bone in her purse, left open so they can continue their conversation. Won't her parents be surprised when she introduces her talking bone! But before that happy moment comes, the resourceful bone must deal with a band of highway robbers in Halloween masks and, worse, a fox who decides that Pearl will be his main course at dinner that night. And deal it does, with gambits droll and thrilling. William Steig, incomparable master of the contemporary picture book, has never been better than in The Amazing Bone. The Amazing Bone is a 1976 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1977 Caldecott Honor Book, and a 1977 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Picture Books.

Meet Morfy the amorf, a creature from a distant world with a unique ability to take on an endless variety of forms at will. Due to a series of circumstances, it is now living on Earth, where it roams freely, usually in the form of a large, yellow dog. Three children, Stephanie, Mike, and Lee, are the only people who are aware of its abilities, and they have vowed to keep its existence secret in order to protect it from being carried off by scientists wishing to study it. In this introductory volume, the amorf accompanies its three friends on two adventures: Stephanie takes a hike in the woods and accidentally falls into a mine shaft; Mike and Lee build a raft and go sailing along the shores of a lake, only to find themselves unexpectedly caught up in a violent storm. In each case, it is up to Morfy to save the day. By utilizing a wide variety of forms, each suited to the situation at hand, it finds a way to help its young friends get back home safely. This is only the beginning. It is anticipated that the amorf will face many further adventures in the future . . .