Handful of Eggs - Mellor Belinda - Bog

Exactly how many eggs is 'a handful'? Poor Phlox is worried - are the eggs in the oven all hers? And what will happen if one of them belongs to somebody else?Finalist in the 2017 Wishing Shelf Awards, children's 3-5 age category.Phlox is a fire-living salamander, which means she loves everything to always be toasty-warm. That is why she has laid a handful of beautiful green eggs in the coals of Esmeralda Twig's oven! But, oh no! - How many eggs is a handful?!(Don't worry about the eggs though, baby fire lizards need the extra warmth to grow strong and curious inside their emerald eggshells.)