Oliver and His Egg by Paul Schmid- ADVISABLE

Oliver and His Egg by Paul Schmid. BOARD BOOK.  Disney Press, 2020. $8. 9781368045421

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Oliver happened upon an egg shaped rock one day.  Although it was a rock, Oliver’s imagination grew wild! It was his dinosaur egg and he was going to take care of it until it hatched.  He carried the rock/egg with him everywhere he went.  He imagined great adventures with his future dinosaur friend.  In the near future they would enjoy donuts and sail the sea! They would even discover new worlds… just the two of them.  That is until a startling realization was discovered!  Oliver and His Egg has a fun twist in the end that will keep children asking to read it again and again!

The illustrations in Oliver and His Egg are simple yet inviting.  Oliver’s egg is an actual photo intermixed with the rest of the illustrations in pencil sketched drawings.  The last page is a fold out for little fingers to enjoy opening over and over. 

Reviewer: SL