Ph?nom?nes inexpliqu?s, une compliation de Janet Lunn, est un recueil de r?cits et d'anecdotes au sujet d'?v?enements inexpliqu?s, ?crits par des auteurs canadiens renomm's tels Kit Pearson, Karleen Bradford, Sharon Siamon, Carole Spray, Janet Lunn, James F. Robinson, Hazel Boswell, Jean Little et Lucy Maud Montgomery. Le compl?ment parfait ? une soir?e d'?pouvante autour du feu. Frissons garantis!

Ph?nom?nes Inexpliqu?s: Histoires V?ridiques d'Ici (French Edition)

Children's Books

Pearson, Kit

Little, Jean

Siamon, Sharon

Bradford, Karleen

Robinson, James F.

Boswell, Hazel

Spray, Carole

MONTGOMERY, Lucy Maud

Literature & Fiction

scholastic

Will O' The Wisp: Folk Tales And Legends Of New Brunswick

Brunswick Press

The Mare's Egg is a wonderful story about a gullible 19th century settler's search for a work horse -- one that isn't balky, won't nip, kick or run away -- to clear his new homestead. 
 A mischievous farmer leads him to believe that he can hatch a colt from a pumpkin, and sells him a bright orange "mare's egg." Indeed, he advises the immigrant that he can shorten the hatching period by spending every available moment sitting on the pumpkin, by the fire. The man sits and sits, weeks pass, the leaves fall. As winter approaches, the firewood pile begins to dwindle. The man finally realizes that the egg will not hatch. Disheartened, he disposes of it in a way that gives him fresh hope that horses can be hatched from "mare's eggs." And, no wiser from his experience, he sets off to buy another. 
 The text is amusing, instructive, and a pleasure to read aloud. The illustrations are brilliant, setting the humorous mood for children. Margaret Atwood's three-page afterword on the real difficulties faced by the pioneers, adds a fine historical perspective.

The Mare's Egg

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Camden House

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