# Children's book from years ago -- boys find merboy egg **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448 "2012-07-06T18:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448/1 "2012-07-06T18:26:38Z")
Back in the 70’s, in one of those old PBS programs where an excerpt was read while an artist drew the scene from scratch, there was a story about some boys who discovered an egg shaped stone by the sea, hide it in a cove, and it hatches into a mer-boy, and … well presumably, further adventures ensue. I don’t recall the title or much more of the story, but, under the heading of “nothing is obscure on the SDMB” I was hoping someone would help. Putting some of those keywords into Goggle doesn’t really bring up anything, so if people know of a better resource for searching obscure keywords like that, that would be helpful as well. I’d have to find the book, and read it, before I start recollecting the plot-line to some kids, lest they develop yet more reasons to assume I’m insane. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448/2 "2012-07-06T19:55:33Z")
Was it [The Sea Egg](http://www.amazon.com/The-Sea-Egg-L-Boston/dp/0152710507)? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448/3 "2012-07-06T19:59:25Z")
Speaking of that program, which was rerun when I was in second grade or so what was the book about a black kid with a stepdad and his dog-the excerpt ended with the kid losing the dog and his stepdad confronting the boy over that. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448/4 "2012-07-06T20:40:31Z")
That show was “Cover to Cover” with John Robbins OR one of the many other shows with similar names and themes that he did for PBS. [Here’s some more info.](http://askville.amazon.com/remember-PBS-show-man-black-hair-draw-pictures-book-read/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=2527034) Sadly no comprehensive guide or Wikipedia article. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-book-from-years-ago-boys-find-merboy-egg/627448/5 "2012-07-06T20:46:45Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Was it [The Sea Egg](http://www.amazon.com/The-Sea-Egg-L-Boston/dp/0152710507)? Yeah, the Amazon description is dead on as I remember it. Its a shame there’s no comprehensive guide to the books covered by “Cover to Cover” or the various other shows. I only remember seeing a rerun of another episode in the late '80’s and thinking, “Gotta go check that kid’s book out, _A Wizard of Earthsea_, it looks pretty good.”