Known for making prize decorated eggs for the annual Moskva Easter Festival, Babushka lives alone in her country "dacha", painting eggs all winter. One year, the magical goose befriended by Babushka accidentally breaks the basketful of eggs she's worked so hard to craft. Traditional objects and buildings add a cultural dimension to the fantasy; the monochromatic human faces contrast with the varied palette used for the eggs, church domes, icons and clothing in the story. (Ages 4-8)

Old Babushka, known throughout all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs, is preparing her eggs for the Easter Festival when she takes in an injured goose. She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until one day when Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka's lovingly crafted eggs.

But the next morning Babushka has a surprise awaiting her in the basket. She cries: "A miracle!" It is one of many in this charmingly told tale of friendship and caring.

With vibrant illustrations, Patricia Polacco has joyously re-created the flavor of Old Moscow and its festivals. The eggs, stunningly colored and intricately designed, are authentic reproductions of eggs painted in the Ukrainian style. Rechenka's Eggs is a timeless story of classic beauty.