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It’s time once again for the Open Fields School Great Goose Egg Auction!

This biennial fundraiser is being held on Friday, May 11, 2012, at the AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Open Fields is a small private non-graded school open to children ages 4-12 in Thetford Hill, Vermont.

Many of the eggs up for bidding have been decorated by eminent children’s book illustrators. Take a gander at some of my favorites (click on any image to access its bidding page):

diane degroat — “Homer, an Egg-traordinary Dog” by Diane deGroat

marla frazee — “Boss Baby Egg” by Marla Frazee

grace lin — “Year of the Water Dragon” by Grace Lin

hansel — “Hansel & Gretel” by Andrea Wisnewski

twins — “Glamorous Egglasses” by Barbara Johansen Newman

cindy — “Egg on Your Face/Face on Your Egg” by Cyndy Szekeres

Aren’t they all just too cool?

If you don’t live in the Lebanon area, you can bid online as an absentee bidder or by phone. Click here for all the details and to browse all the other eggciting goosey creations (46 in all)! Ashley Bryan! Thacher Hurd! Ed Young!!

Auction begins at 7 p.m., Doors open for viewing at 5:30 p.m.

Deadline for online bids: Noon (EDT), Thursday, May 10, 2012.

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