The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American SouthThe author of such delights as The Christmas Ark and The Enchanted Tapestry joins forces with illustrator Pinkney to resurrect a colorful folktale that captures the unique flavor of the American South. A 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. |
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American South angry asked asleep aunty beans began bramble bushes brayed breakfast bucket bushes and tree carriage chase chicken house child clapped coffee cotton creature cricket daughter deep woods fetch filled Folktale foolish gave Blanche girl go home gold and silver gold or silver gonna gotta go grabbed grain of rice grand lady grind Hollering hopping inside jeweled egg laugh left shoulder Light the fire looked Louisiana Mama and sister mighty milk mockingbirds morning mortar mother and sister mule old bone old woman gave old woman told old woman's cabin old woman's head path pestle plain eggs poor porch pot for supper pretty pumpkin rabbits raggedy black shawl right shoulder Rose set scared sight silver and jeweled so's soup strange swallow sweet talking eggs tell things toss the eggs trail-train dresses tree branches two-headed cow wink wolf yelled