Dr. Ah Chu and Jonah's Egg — Ted Allan

When lonely but inventive little Jonah decides to have Minny, the family cat, hatch an egg so he can have a new friend, everyone tells him it is a foolish idea. Maia, his teenage older sister derides him: You are a total moron! But Jonah sticks to his guns, and the results astound his family, friends, and even Miss Ah, the local librarian. With delightful and funny prose tastefully illustrated by Philippe Germain, we learn all about eggs and chicks, how species reproduce, and meet Dr Ah Chu whose name sounds like a sneeze and who tells us about the strange creatures in the Beijing zoo, how trees can talk, and why caring about your loved ones is so much more important than always being right.