From the Publisher
Nominated for Stockton Childrens Book Of The Year Award 2001

From the Author
Hope you enjoy the book!
Ben and his family are well used to receiving unusual things through the post.
The spare bedroom is already full of carved statues, paintings, masks, drums,
pipes and cloth. It is all the fault of Edward, Bens adventorous uncle, who
spends his time exploring the most remote parts of the planet. The egg proves
to be one of strangest gifts of all. Uncle Edward has rescued it from the King
of the Urus who was just about to eat it for breakfast. It is the last egg of
its kind anywhere in the world