Babushka finds a goose that has been shot by a hunter. She takes it in to take care of it. While she is painting the eggs she is famous for the goose, Rechenka, accidently breaks them. Then Rechenka starts making beautiful eggs to replace the broken ones. When Rechenka leaves, Babushka realizes that one of the eggs is very special.

Rechenka's Eggs by: Patricia Polacco, is about an old woman that lives in Russia that sells beautifully painted eggs. The woman lived alone and painted these eggs every day. During the winter she sees various animals outside of her house. One day she sees a large flock of geese, one of these geese falls into the woman's yard. She ends up taking care of the goose and naming it Rechenka and grows very fond of it. Every morning the goose would lay her a beautiful egg, and this went on for 12 mornings. Finally the woman goes and sells her beautiful eggs in town and while she is gone the goose leaves to rejoin its flock. The goose left the woman one egg. The egg turned out to be a baby goose.

This is my favorite children's book! I loved it as a child and still love this book. Patricia Polacco is my favorite children's author. ( )