Joel Blackie - 'Egg and Bird'

Image Courtesy of http://cantstopreading.blogspot.com.au/2006/06/egg-and-bird-is-kind-of-book-that.html

This time around I have chosen a simpler, easy to read picture book from Alex Higlett known even more simply as 'Egg and Bird'. Simple. Is it just?

'Egg and Bird' while appearing as no more than a simple few phrases coupled with adorable simple illustrations, actually does the phrase "less is more" justice. Without complicating the reader, the text presents the idea of growing up and just what it means to do so (asking are we so different from our parents?) through its colourful illustrations and the selected language used throughout the book. Stereotypes of what a child and adult do and more so how they differ is presented and opens up the idea for discussion at home between child and parent. Perhaps ideally used when a child enters 'that phase' and begins to question just how much a parent does for a child.

A quick and rewarding read.

Joel Blackie.