National Egg Month

Welcome to May, the month for mothers, Kentucky Derby,  and the start of summer ( the summer movie season, that is.) It's also National Egg Month. Why? Well, because sales for eggs is high during the Easter season but tend to slow down once it's over. Hence, May's the perfect time for the American Egg Board industry to remind people of  many benefits and functions of the egg. For one thing, it's the most important element in baking.  Besides adding nutrients, flavor, and color, eggs are essential for binding, thickening, coating, etc, depending on the recipe. Without eggs, cakes, cookies, brownies, and other baked goods would be runny messes. ( Trust me, I know from experience. My mom once forget to include eggs in a brownie recipe and it was not a pretty site.)

For more information about the egg, including facts and recipes, visit http://www.incredibleegg.org/ .

Here are some recommended books for this celebration ( for additional titles, type the subject " eggs" and then " juvenile fiction" for stories or "juvenile literature" for non-fiction in the library catalog):

• Egg Story- Anca Hariton
• Chickens aren't the Only Ones- Ruth Heller
• Two Eggs, Please- Sarah Weeks
• The Odd Egg- Emily Gravett

By the way, May 14th is National Chicken Dance Day.