Hunwick's Egg
by Mem Fox
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Author: Mem FoxIllustrator: Pamela Lofts
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN: 0152163182
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
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Book Review: Not an Easter Bilby Adventure but A Good Read None the Less
Summary: 5 Stars
This story by the successful author of many children's book classics such as Possum Magic and Koala Lou cleverly cashes in on the Australian Easter Bilby legend that has grown over the years through the selling of chocolate bilbies to raise money to save the endangered bilby from extinction. The book however has nothing at all to do with Easter or the Easter Bilby but the title and cover illustration cleverly catch the eye of this market! The illustrator Pamela Lofts has again done a brilliant job with her unique style (sort of realistic but not entirely so with human traits for the animals thrown in).
In Hunwick's Egg a mysterious egg arrives in the Australian desert during a storm. Hendwick a bilby after ensuring it belongs to no other animal immediately takes possession. As it becomes more and more obvious the egg will never hatch the other Australian wildlife become increasingly concerned about their friend. Hendwick knows something they don't know though!
If you have fallen in love with bilbies through the illustrations and want to help save the real ones before they are wiped from the planet go to easterbilbydotcomdotau (replace the word dot with full stops Amazon doesn't post reviews with other websites). Or alternatively if you're in Australia visit real bilbies at David Fleay Wildlife on the Gold Coast who run a breeding and research program where you can also make donations to ensure their future existence!
Summary of Hunwick's Egg
When a mysterious egg appears outside Hunwick's burrow after a terrible storm, no one knows what to do with it. And when it doesn't hatch right away, everyone is even more bewildered. Everyone, that is, but Hunwick. For Hunwick understands the egg. It is his friend. And he is the only one who knows its secret.
From the author and illustrator of the modern classic Koala Lou, here is a moving tale of loneliness, friendship, and most of all, the power the imagination has to change the way we see the world.
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From the author and illustrator of the modern classic Koala Lou, here is a moving tale of loneliness, friendship, and most of all, the power the imagination has to change the way we see the world.
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