The Good Eggs Books

As the Eggs landed in Oslo, they were met by Svana, Shelly’s friend and their host. She was full of life and unending energy.

The Eggs watched in amazement as they observed the glass blowers turning out gorgeous works of art such as vases, paperweights, sculptures,

“The Coliseum was built of stone and concrete and finished in 80 CE. It was built to hold 50-70,000 spectators,” taught Shelly.

Reggie awoke to the captain’s voice as the plane was landing in Italy. “Benvenuti in Italia! Welcome to Italy!”

They arrived at the Dead Sea and the Eggs looked for a place to rent rafts or tubes. Shelly began to laugh. “You won’t need that here!"

Yosef and his father had a surprise for the Eggs. They boarded a bus that took them to the Old City.

“Shalom,” he said as his greeting. “That means peace.” They all shook hands and smiled.

The day-cruise vessel slowly made its way down the Nile River. Sami’s father was right – the scenery was breathtaking.

As we saw last week, Benedict had trouble sleeping the night before they were to see the pyramids.

The Eggs’ plane was late due to a sandstorm at the Cairo airport. Shelly’s friend, Sami, and his father, waited patiently for their friends.

The plane landed and the Eggs boarded jeeps which took them to Uluru. As the jeeps approached the monolith, the Eggs were silent.

Later in the week, Lishy took the Eggs to visit some koalas at the local zoo. She explained that they were marsupials and not really bears.

After getting settled in Cairns, Shelly informed the group they would be taking a glass-bottom boat over the Great Barrier Reef.

“Look! Over there!” Paison quietly whispered to the Eggs as he pointed to the elephant.

The Eggs gathered bamboo, leaves, and different grasses and watched as Paison and his family showed them how to weave the materials together