As they change friend groups and become more comfortable in their own skin, they also struggle with embracing their uniqueness. Many children can identify with his struggle to find himself. It is only when he accepts himself for who he is, an egg with a small crack, that he starts to love his life and make new friends.

Eventually the other things in those environments realize that he is not who he makes himself out to be and ostracize him anyway. He tries to hide who he is in his new environments by camouflaging himself in his paints. Eggbert’s journey to find himself exemplifies the theme of being true to oneself. Almost everything is new for children and that means they have to be bold and outgoing to grow and develop the best they can.Īlong with adventure comes the fear of not fitting in. Children have to engage in adventurous activities all the time as they grow. He has to break out of his comfort zone and try new things in order to find a place that he feels like he belongs. The theme of adventure pervades the story as he enters new environments and then finally decides to travel the world. When Eggbert’s former egg friends force him out of his natural environment, he has to make a new life for himself. He accepts himself and begins to make new friends because of it. Finally he realizes that the earth is full of little cracks like in the clouds, and the Grand Canyon, and the Liberty Bell.

When others find out that he does not belong, they ostracize him. He tries to fit into different habitats such as the kitchen counter, a flower bed, and the night sky by painting himself to match his surroundings. One day the other eggs realize he has a little crack and kick him out of the fridge because he is different. Finally he realizes that the earth is full of little cracks like in the clouds, and the Grand Canyon, and the Lib Eggbert is an egg who loves to paint.

Crack the egg wow