The Sun Egg

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Summary: Sol Agget / The Sun Egg..
Review: Elsa Beskow's classic children's book, The Sun Egg (or Sol Agget, in the original Swedish), is a very sweet tale of a young forest elf living in a cold Northern clime. The little red-headed elf lives there with her many small friends, which include a mischevious little boy elf with an acorn cap, an elder elf who looks just like a Swedish Christmas Tomten (he wears a Santa-esque red hat and has a long, white beard), two tiny frogs, some friendly birds and an even tinier lizard(!). They are all very happy living in their pretty Northern forest, with lots of healthy green trees and sometimes even snow (depending on the season)! One day, she stumbles upon a giant orange.. or "sun egg," which has fallen mysteriously from the sky! It is unlike anything they have ever seen before! Once she finds it, and consults with all her forest friends, she decides to embark on an exciting journey to find out about it, what it is, and where it came from. With wonderful color illustrations facing each page of text (and yet more illustrations peeking up from around the text), this book is a little work of art unto itself, both in its pictures and in its cute and endearing story.

Children of all ages (the young in age as well as the young at heart) will enjoy this book. A wonderful, cozy, winters' night read, I remember having it read to me as a child, and how much I enjoyed it. Elsa Beskow is a wonderful writer, and just as wonderful an artist. Recommended!

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Summary: A lovely children's book
Review: The sun egg is a fantastic children's book by Swedish author Elsa Beskow. It's about a little fairy that lives in the forest. She loves the nature and she is well acquainted with all the animals around her. One day the fairy makes a remarkable discovery. She finds a mysterious orange thing, laying on the moss. She looks up to the sky and sees a hole, she understands that it must be a sun egg that has fallen from the sky. This is the beginning of an adventure that takes the fairy on a journey to the sun land in the south. The book is very exciting and the pictures are both wonderful and mesmerizing. I strongly recommend it.