A sweet, charming story._Oliver_ touches upon loneliness without beating the reader over the head with it. There's a moral here, to be sure: make friends, it's better not to be alone. But there's also the sweetness of imaginary play.My one critique of the art is use of thought bubbles. They're vague, not really bubble-like at all, and it can be difficult for a young reader to separate real from imagined on the early spreads. I loved the real rock photograph set against the soft chalk sketches and pastel color palette. When Oliver finds an egg he imagines all sorts of adventures with it. Unfortunately, it was adventures by himself with his imaginary animal. When his friends point out that his egg is just a rock, he discovers that he can have adventures not only with his imaginary animal but with all his friends and their rocks. What a gentle book about sharing one's self with one's friends. The pictures are so beautiful. There is a sparseness to Paul Schmid's drawings that lend just the right feel of a little boy imagining things. What a wonderful book!
What do You think about Oliver And His Egg (2014)?
simplistic imagination. and i like the color choices in the illustrations (love purple and orange)
—ayserose
A wonderful book about imagination, storytelling and friendship.
—Goodtepaa
