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Help me find this book from childhood!!

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goldpendant · 21/01/2021 10:05

I've just been doing a maths sheet with DS and they had to divide some eggs between bowls.

I had this vivid flashback to a book I had as a child (late 80's/early 90's), with a baking bowl and eggs - I seem to remember them being quite big. The eggs were loose, and you got to put them inside the bowl. I've no idea what the storyline was, but presume it was about baking a cake...?

Can anyone help? I'd love to find it!

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Pinnacular · 21/01/2021 10:46

Sorry I can't help with that one, but I hope you don't mind if I add one of my own? I've been trying to track it down for years. It was about a young girl from Africa being taken on a slave ship to America. She had a blood red glass bead that was used as a recurring motif for her family and what she'd been taken from, and it was heartbreaking. I think I read it when I was about 12. There were some illustrations of the packed ships in it.

steppemum · 22/01/2021 10:04

I'm bumping this for you because I love these threads and I am curious!

pollyhemlock · 22/01/2021 14:55

@Pinnacular can you give an idea of when you might have read this book? 80s? 90s?

Pinnacular · 22/01/2021 15:20

@pollyhemlock it was around 1988-1990 I think

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modzy78 · 23/01/2021 12:09

@goldpendant I just did a search. Is it this one? www.goodreads.com/book/show/2719808-too-many-eggs

goldpendant · 23/01/2021 12:23

Oh my gosh @modzy78 I think it might be!!!

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goldpendant · 23/01/2021 12:55

Sadly it only seems to be available in America - but thank you! I will keep an eye out for it

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stayathomegardener · 23/01/2021 13:03

Try amazon

Help me find this book from childhood!!
goldpendant · 23/01/2021 13:40

I think it's shipping from the US?

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modzy78 · 23/01/2021 14:02

I'm American, so I get a fair amount of books shipped from the US. Some merchants are based out of the US, while others are based out of the UK. If you can't find it on amazon.co.uk, search on amazon.com. If you set up an account with your address, it will tell you if it ships to the UK.

pollyhemlock · 26/01/2021 12:31

@Pinnacular Is yours by any chance The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton?www.<a class="break-all" href="https://amazon.co.uk/Magical-Adventures-Pretty-Harper-Trophy/dp/0064401782/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&s=books&keywords=Magical%20adventures%20of%20pretty%20pearl&qid=1611664062&sr=1-1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-childrens-books-4142430-Help-me-find-this-book-from-childhood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amazon.co.uk/Magical-Adventures-Pretty-Harper-Trophy/dp/0064401782/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Magical+adventures+of+pretty+pearl&qid=1611664062&s=books&sr=1-1

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