On My Way to Buy Eggs

A young Taiwanese girl is being sent to the store to buy eggs so the family can have fried rice for dinner. It's an ordinary task in an ordinary day that suddenly turns extraordinary through the eyes of this child who is curious about and eager to celebrate each moment and opportunity that appears before her. For her there is magic in her shadow, wonder in the color blue all around her, possibilities in a forgotten pair of glasses, and joy in flowers growing in an unexpected "garden." Beyond the physical wonders she discovers lies the wonder of her own mind which considers the eggs she buys and the universal question about what came first the chicken or the egg? Life has offered her a short trip to buy eggs or an enormous journey filled with wonder, joy, curiosity and possibility and holding her firmly in its warm arms is the family that awaits and the timeless connection to the familiar trip to buy eggs. Ages 4-8 32 pages