The Odd Egg facts for kids

First edition (publ. Macmillan)

The Odd Egg is a children's picture book written and illustrated by British illustrator Emily Gravett.

Plot

An odd duck finds an old egg. He is jealous of mother birds having eggs. So he adopts the big egg that has green spots that matches his feathers. The other birds make fun of him about it. When each egg breaks open, only the odd duck's egg remains. The egg hatches later and it is an alligator. The alligator acts like a duck.