Book
The Enormous Egg
- Published
- 1956
- Genre
- SciFi/Fantasy
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Pages
- 188
- Words
- 36933
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/484831.The_Enormous_Egg?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 900L
- Guided reading level
- R
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–10
- Ambleside year
- Years 2–3 · ages 7–11
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Young Nate Twitchell is surprised when one of the hens on his family farm lays a giant egg. After a painstaking wait, Nate is even more surprised when it hatches and out pops a baby triceratops that he names Uncle Beazley! But when Nate decides to keep the dino and raise it on his own, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. As Uncle Beazley grows, Nate and his family realize they are not equipped to take care of a full-sized dinosaur, and so with the help of their scientist friend, Nate and Uncle Beazley set off for the NationalMuseum in Washington, D.C., on the hunt for the perfect home for a modern-day dinosaur---then the real trouble begins!
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780440723370
- ISBN-10
- 044072337X
Tags
Animals-DinosaursAward Winners-ABA Children's Book CouncilAward Winners-NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language ArtsFamily Life-Pets