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I have actually seen this story through a children’s video series called “Weston Woods” and I have enjoyed this story ever since! “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” is a children’s book by Helme Heine that is about how three hens – Dotty, Stalky and Plumy – all wanted to prove to each other about who is the most beautiful hen in the kingdom and the results are truly unexpected and creative! “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” is definitely one children’s book that will stand the test of tim I have actually seen this story through a children’s video series called “Weston Woods” and I have enjoyed this story ever since! “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” is a children’s book by Helme Heine that is about how three hens – Dotty, Stalky and Plumy – all wanted to prove to each other about who is the most beautiful hen in the kingdom and the results are truly unexpected and creative! “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” is definitely one children’s book that will stand the test of time for years!

A long time ago, there were three hens named Dotty, who had the most beautiful feathers, Stalky, who had the most beautiful legs and Plumy, who had the most beautiful crest, and they all started arguing about which one of them was the most beautiful in the kingdom. So, they decided to bring this issue to the king and the king suggested that whichever one of them lays the most beautiful egg will be the princess of the kingdom. So when the day came for the contest, all three hens started to lay their eggs.

After all of these years, this story still remains to be on my favorite stories shelf ever since I was a child. Helme Heine has done an excellent job at both illustrating and writing this cute tale about the importance of being unique. Helme Heine’s writing is cute and I loved the scenes of the three hens having a contest on who can produce the most beautiful egg and each egg that each of the hens laid were extremely unique and my favorite moment during this contest was when Plumy laid her egg (of course, I will not tell you what kind of egg she laid since that might spoil the book for you) and the result was surprising and hilarious! I also loved the theme of this book as it details that each of the three hens are special in their own way and it shows when they are all laying their eggs and each of their eggs are different from each other. Helme Heine’s illustrations are extremely cute and beautiful and I loved the way that the hens are drawn to have round bodies and small black dotted eyes which make them look extremely adorable. I especially loved the way that Dotty the Hen looked as she has red spots covering her round body and the spots make her look extremely cute.

Overall, “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” is a truly cute and creative book for children who love reading about hens and being unique and this book will definitely be a favorite among children for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing offensive in this book and the writing is simple for smaller children to read.

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This is not one of my favorite books by Heine. Three hens who could not decide which one of them is the most beautiful present their problem to the king. He proclaims that whichever one lays the most wonderful egg will be made a princess. The first 2 hens lay big, beautiful white eggs, but the third lays a square egg of different colors. You'd think that would clinch it, but the king wimps out and makes them all princesses--a weak ending. I must admit, I do like his illustrations of chickens. Ki ...more

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