"Farmer Boris and the Eggs" is the seventh picture book in the successful series by Ted van Lieshout and Philip Hopman. In this installment, Farmer Boris's chickens have laid some truly colorful eggs. Help, are the chickens sick? Oh no: it's Easter! Farmer Boris's Colorful Eggs "Farmer Boris and the Eggs" is a perfect picture book for Easter. The chickens have gone the extra mile to lay cheerful, colorful eggs. Boris loads them onto the tractor to hide them throughout the field, and the chickens happily follow along. But after a near-collision with the Easter Bunny, all the eggs are broken. Frightened, the chickens lay another egg, but unfortunately, not as brightly colored. Something has to happen quickly—how do they get their colors? Picture Book of the Year 2015. The Farmer Boris series by Ted van Lieshout and Philip Hopman has won numerous awards. For example, 'Farmer Boris in the Snow' was awarded a Vlag & Wimpel and 'Farmer Boris Goes to Sea' was chosen as Picture Book of the Year 2015!