Read Me a Story: A Child's Book of Favorite Tales

Title

en_US Read Me a Story: A Child's Book of Favorite Tales

en_US Scholastic Hardcover

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Second printing

Creator

en_US Windham, Sophie See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Windham, Sophie

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:55Z

en_US 2001-01

en_US 1991

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:55Z

Date Issued

en_US 1991

Abstract

en_US First published in Great Britain as The Orchard Book of Nursery Stories in 1991. Among the fifteen fables are TMCM (46) and The Hedgehog and the Hare (72). Country mouse is male, while his cousin town mouse is female. They spend a night in the country, with the country mouse dreaming of the delights of the city, particularly a feather bed. Surprisingly, a weasel presents a threat to the two mice as they tour the countryside. They spend a second night in the country. Country mouse does spend a night on the city featherbed, but gets no sleep because he cannot stop thinking about the cat meowing outside the mousehole. The rabbit in the latter story has a flask from which to drink. In fact, it and a golden coin become the promised prize for the hedgehog if he can beat the proud hare. The last illustration shows the hedgehog holding the flask and the coin. The art is done in a deliberately naïve, highly colorful style. There is an illustration on about every second page.

Identifier

en_US 0590449508

en_US 3615 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78976

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scholastic Inc.

en_US NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.W69495 Re 1991 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole