The Talking Eggs

1. Robert D. San Souci
2. The Talking Eggs
3. Jerry Pinkney
4. Fables, Folk Tales, and Myths
5. no subgenre
6. Compassion/Honesty
7. Blanche, her mother, sister-Rose, talking eggs, and old woman "Aunty"
8. 1990 Caldecott Honor Award and 1990 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
9. Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989

10. This was a Creole folktale about a little girl name Blanche. She had a mother and sister name Rose that treated her mean and made her do all the work while they sat on the porch and talked about how they were going to be fancy women when they go to town. One day it was so hot, Blanche's mother sent her to the well to get water Blanche meets an old lady whom she called "Aunty." The lady ask Blanche for some water and she tells the lady how she is being mistreated and the woman takes her back home, but Blanche was not to make fun of any of the weird things she encountered there. The woman told her to take the eggs that said "take me" and leave the nice looking eggs that said "don't take me" and Blanche did just that and she was rewarded greatly. She went home to tell her mom and sister and the mom sent Rose to the lady to get more riches, but Rose did not follow the lady's directions and she got the eggs that were rotten and full of harm. I could read this story to my students and teach them about listening and following directions. This is how to be honest.