
Written & illustrated by Brenna Burns Yu
Part of the Hazel and Twig series
Two sisters find an egg. Is it theirs to keep?
Mouse sisters Hazel and Twig stumble upon an egg in the meadow. Eager to hatch it, they dream of caring for their new pet. But as they plan its future, they wonder if a mother bird is searching for her lost egg. Will they keep it, or must they let it go? This tale of sisterhood and discovery explores the heart's tug between desire and doing what's right.
Adorable mouse sisters Hazel and Twig find an egg and want to hatch it themselves – but is it really theirs for the taking?
Hazel and Twig are playing in the meadow one day when they discover an egg. “Let’s hatch it together!” suggests Hazel, and they sit on it to keep it warm. But an egg takes a very long time to hatch, so the sisters decide to bring the egg home with them. Hazel dreams of all the ways they will take care of their new pet after it hatches – building it a nest, teaching it to fly, and finding worms for it to eat. But is there a bird out there who will miss their egg? Brenna Burns Yu returns to the enchanting miniature world of Korean-American mouse siblings Hazel and Twig in a story about sisterhood, observation and discovery, and lost things coming home. Abloom with delicate natural details, this tale is perfect for any kid who has ever asked “Can I keep it?”
4.5
out of 7
“The illustrations are charming, I love the sweet sister relationship, the egg hunt, and how they call their parents "Umma and Appa", but there wasn't enough story and by the end I was ready for it to be over”
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