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Jan Brett's beloved character Hedgie stars in this charming story about a little Tomten who gets tired of porridge for breakfast and starts stealing Henny's eggs. But Henny wants a brood of chicks and she needs her eggs. With the help of clever Hedgie, she substitutes an acorn, a strawberry, a mushroom and finally a potato in her nest. But nothing stops that Tomten until the little hedgehog hides in Henny's nest: when the Tomten reaches in to get his morning treat, all he gets is a handful of prickles. He runs home for porridge and never comes back again! Intricate needlepoint patterns of Scandinavian designs frame the characters reacting from the borders in this beautiful picture book set in Denmark.
Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny's eggs for breakfast.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Shawn Waltman
reviewed Hedgie's Surprise on December 29, 2008
Hedgie's Surprise
2 Stars for the Story--Four Stars for the Illustrations.
SPOILERS:
Okay, how could I not love a story where a hedgehog is the hero of the tale!? Go, Hedgie!!! But, however cute Hedgie and Henny might be, the tale left me a bit annoyed. I'm not clear what the "moral" of the story is (aside from helping one's friends) because the naughty elf that keeps stealing Henny's eggs (and is eventually thwarted by Hedgie) doesn't seem to suffer more than a prick when Hedgie pretends to be an egg at the end. But there is no prickle of his conscience!!! The naughty lad goes right home and gets a delicious breakfast of porridge from his mother, further proving that he stole Henny's eggs only because he is spoiled. While I think Brett meant for this to be a happily-ever-after for all involved, I felt that a bit more justice needed to be served on our "rotten egg" of a thief.
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