“You Can’t Hatch an Egg” by Ray Butrum introduces young readers to how a chicken egg can be more than just a tasty breakfast. Hazel is excited about her extended visit with her grandparents! Her pregnant mother and her father drop her off to stay for a few weeks. When she wakes up the first morning, she smells breakfast cooking on the stove. Her grandmother asks her to fetch some more eggs from the henhouse, and to her surprise, when she creeps inside, a hen begins to speak!