BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rhonda Washington brings an egg-citing, fun-filled picture book onto bookshelves with the release of The Egg. Published through Xlibris, The Egg reveals the versatile oval-shaped sensation can more than just crack-crack-crack, but also helps plants, promotes happiness, and balances on its end. Washington vividly illustrates in her book.

The Egg brings together a delightful hodgepodge of the biological, culinary, and traditional characteristics that define the hard-shelled oval structure to produce a creative egg facts book. Readers will find out just how versatile the egg can be through the many traditions it appears in, including games, knock-knock jokes, and art. The book underscores the egg as the biological beginning of various animals, and includes interesting trivia like what happens when an egg is soaked in vinegar for a week and the seasonal requirements that enable an egg to balance on its end. Washington also includes a special quest that lasts throughout the book.

Informative in all its creativity, The Egg is an eggs-quisite addition that will nurture a child's growing stockpile of knowledge and enhance any library collection. Readers who wish to learn more about this book can log on to www.Xlibris.com.

This book will be featured in the 2010 Michigan Library Association Book Exhibit in Acme, Michigan, on November 10 to 12, 2010. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.

About the Author

Rhonda Washington is a Special Education teacher at SXI Doris Klaussen Developmental Center. In her spare time she enjoys being around with her two children and two grandchildren.

                       The Egg * by Rhonda Washington
                     Publication Date: October 13, 2009
             Picture Book; $21.99; 34 pages; 978-1-4415-6487-0

Members of the media who wish to review this book may request a complimentary paperback copy by contacting the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7479. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876.

For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.