The Candy Egg

One day, a while back, I walked into one of my favorite local thrift shops, and this little sugar panorama egg was the first thing I spied:

Too cute.
So I wandered around, looking at everything and I came across a vintage book, which just happened to be about a candy egg.

"The World In The Candy Egg", by Alvin Tresselt, with illustrations by the wonderful Roger Duvoisin.

It's an old library copy, and not in the best condition, but I had never seen it before.
First published in 1967.

I love the charming illustrations!

This egg has a scene inside quite different from the little sugar egg I found.

Every creature who peers inside the egg notices something different.

One day the egg was sold.

And wrapped up carefully....
(In this illustration you see more of Mr. Duvoisin's delightful animals, including a goose that looks rather like "Petunia", and a couple of lions that resemble "The Happy Lion" - most assuredly not a coincidence!).

This lucky little girl was the recipient:

I wonder what SHE sees?

I was happy to add both the book and the little egg to my Easter decorations.