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The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
by Jerry Pinkney
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 650L (~3rd grade)
Why we'd hand it over
Pinkney's watercolors are reason enough to own this; the story itself—a Black girl's triumph through kindness in a landscape of magical possibility—sits at the intersection of folktale, history, and hope.