Ollie's Easter Eggs

Ollie's Easter Eggs

Written and illustrated by
Olivier Dunrea

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Boston New York 2009

Copyright © 2009 by Olivier Dunrea

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The text of this book is set in 24-point Shannon.
The illustrations are ink and watercolor on paper.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dunrea, Olivier.
Ollie's easter eggs / by Olivier Dunrea.
p. cm.

Summary: Ollie watches the other goslings dye and hide
eggs for the Easter hunt, but no one can find the eggs
when Ollie decides that they are all for him.
ISBN 0-618-53243-9 (hardcover)

[1. Geese—Fiction. 2. Easter eggs—Fiction. 3. Easter—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.D9220p 2006
[E]—dc22
2004026552

Printed in Singapore

TWP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

To Anita and Lin—
who shared many Easter
egg hunts with me

This is Gossie and Gertie. They are gathering eggs.

This is BooBoo and Peedie. They are gathering eggs, too.

This is Ollie.

He is hopping.

Gossie dyes her egg bright red.

Gertie dyes her egg bright blue.

BooBoo dyes her egg bright purple.

Peedie dyes his egg bright yellow.

Ollie stares at the brightly colored eggs.