Big Egg - (Step Into Reading, Step 1) by Molly Coxe (Paperback)

About the Book

The author of "Cat Traps" hatches a delightful story for young readers about a hen who wakes up to find a gigantic egg in her nest. Hen's search for the egg's origin takes her all over the farm--and into the forest where mama Fox is lurking with her kits! Full color.

Book Synopsis

One morning Hen wakes up and finds a gigantic egg in her nest. Whose egg can it be? Here's a hint, Hen--it doesn't belong to that wily Fox!

Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text are employed with some decodable words and sight words.

About the Author

Molly Coxe is an author and illustrator of books for early readers. Her books have sold more than 2 million copies and have been translated to Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, French, German, Mandarin, and Italian bilingual editions. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English literature and attended art school at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is a certified high school English teacher and has taught preschool, in addition to writing and illustrating stories for young children.