The talking eggs : a folktale from the American South /
retold by Robert D. San Souci ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1989] �1989.
- p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.
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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.