the pinkish, purplish, bluish egg

One of my favorite children's authors is Bill Peet! Have you read his books? If not, I would highly recommend that you do!! :) I was an elementary teacher, and my kids always loved hearing his stories. I look forward to reading them to my own kids one day! 

  This book was published in 1963. The illustrations are so beautiful and colorful! I also love the rhyming pattern and his choice of words. He is such a talented writer!!

This story begins with a sweet little bird named, Myrtle, who is sad, for she has an empty nest. So, she went searching for an egg and found this pinkish, bluish egg in a cave.

And look who comes popping out!! Isn't he sooo cute!! :)

All the birds are stunned at this little creature before their eyes! The owl says that he is a griffin, which is a creature from a fairy-tale book. The birds and the owl warn how he will cause trouble someday. 

So, Myrtle sends the birds and the owl away! Look at those cute bunnies!

Myrtle decides on a name for the sweet creature.

 "There's an old Bible name that I think rhymes with meek. I know! It's Ezekiel. For short that is Zeke." The name fits him perfectly!

The story continues on how Zeke learns to fly, find food, and is given a good set of rules to live by.

 What a beautiful moon!

 This is one of my favorite illustrations in the book. So precious of the two at night! 

 Towards the end of the story, Zeke is bothered by some scoundrels that are prowling in the forest. Myrtle warns Zeke that violence is not the way to go, and that he needs to be patient, and they just might go away. 

One day he went wondering about, and came to a place that was dry and bare. He knew that this would be the place for the scoundrels to be!  

So, Zeke came up with a plan, and carried them off to this barren land!

He sure taught them a lesson!

All of the birds found out that Zeke was brave, and was not going to cause trouble, as they had thought. "But what the fierce griffin they'd worried about, was a peace-loving creature and tame as could be. Why, even the owl finally had to agree." 

Well, I hope that you will get a chance to check out this book, or other BIll Peet books. I will be posting another favorite Bill Peet next week!! 

I am so excited to be linking up with Corey for my first week of Lil' Vintage Story Books!