Moose Eggs: Or, Why Moose Have Flat Antlers

By Susan Williams Beckhorn

Book Overview

Two earnest but not very well informed friends attempt to find and incubate moose eggs so that Moose can have some youngsters to raise. No surprise that they are not successful. The characters are bumbling but well-intentioned fellows who get themselves into scrapes that all work out okay in the end. This is a charmingly imaginative explanation of how Moose got his big, flat antlers; droopy nose; and wide hooves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089272689X
• ISBN13: 9780892726899
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Children's Book

Great children's book. Interesting story. Beautifully illustrated. A book for children to pass on to their children.

Very sweet story

My 4 and 6yo boys love this story. My son picked it out of his school library one day. It is very sweetly told, and the illustrations are beautiful. One aspect of the story that I like is how much Moose wants some baby moose, and the lengths he will go to (carrying around large boulders all winter because his friend, Grouse, tells him that they are moose eggs and his antlers make the perfect nest) in order to have them. When the boulders fall off his antlers and into the stream one day, he cries because he is so sad. It is very sweet to tell a story about how much a male figure (even though it's an animal) wants to become a Daddy.

Moose Eggs

I enjoyed Moose Eggs. It's told in the style of a fable or folktale, much like A Native American story-such as how bear lost his tail. It has great illustrations and a great story. Also check out the authors book for older readers "Wind Rider" it's about the domestication of the horse. author of "Hobo Finds A Home" and editor "Of A Predatory Heart"

A curious story with extraordinary illustrations

Moose Eggs is a curious story. It's told in the style of a Native American creation myth. You learn "why" a moose has flat antlers and at the end of the day you learn that moose babies do not come from eggs but the story doesn't answer the million dollar question - where do baby moose really come from? The illustrations are enchanting. Each scene is so rich with detail that it would be delightful to share as a read a loud story. It would be great fun for a child to find all the various creatures hidden in each scene. The illustrator, Helen Stevens', creatures are infused with personality and yet are amazingly realistic. What is so extraordinary is the way she captures the movement of her creatures from the otters swimming in the pond to the moose resting his chin on the ground. She pulls the reader into the action and adventures of this poor hapless but loveable moose. I would highly recommend this book.