The Egg Tree

Infobox Book
name = The Egg Tree


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author = Katherine Milhous
illustrator = Katherine Milhous
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country = United States
genre = Children's picture book
publisher = Scribner
release_date = 1950
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isbn = ISBN 0-689-71568-4

"The Egg Tree" is a 1950 book by Katherine Milhous that won the 1951 Caldecott Medal,American Library Association: [http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.htm Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present] . URL accessed 10 May 2007.] based on Milhous' family tradition. It tells the classic tale of a Pennsylvania Dutch Easter, with its main characters being Katy and Carl. One day, near Easter, they look for Easter eggs and find eggs that their grandmom had painted on a tree. They are interested, so they ask their grandmother about the eggs. They eventually create one, and it becomes a big success the next Easter.

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