When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.

"Jim has been asked to egg-sit, but he wants to have fun with his friends. Is there a way he can do both?"--

"As this wordless story opens, a crane lays an egg and contentedly sits on it. But when a gust of wind from a sudden storm blows the egg from the nest, the heartbroken crane flies away. And then, from high overhead, the bird spots something. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an egg. And since it seems to be all alone, the crane takes it back to the nest and incubates it. When sounds start coming from the egg and it's time to hatch, what emerges,...

There's big news in the barn - Doodle, the rooster, is going to be a dad! But when the hen won't sit on the eggs to keep them warm, it's up to Libby to care for the soon-to-be hatchlings.

"Something fell from the sky! It's a bird! It's a rock! Or maybe it's an egg? Sure, it's a hairy brown egg! (Isn't it?) Bobo and Pup-Pup can't wait to discover who's inside...once they hatch it."--