Tortoise's Flying Lesson

Title

en_US Tortoise's Flying Lesson

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First US edition

en_US Margaret Mayo

Creator

en_US Mayo, Margaret See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Bolam, Emily

Date

2016-01-25T16:14:39Z

en_US 1995-12

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:14:39Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US Eight children's stories very colorfully illustrated. The monkey gets the crocodiles to form a bridge across the river to the mango tree. Father Bear selects gentle hare to take care of his cubs. Tortoise's Flying Lesson, well told, is identified as an Aesop's fable. In it, a good eagle gives the tortoise rides for a week, and then the tortoise claims that he is ready to fly. The result is only that the tortoise feels a bit of a wreck. The tortoise blames the eagle for not teaching him how to land! Grandmother Rabbit and the Bossy Lion is the old fable about the rabbit who leads the lion to face his competitor in the well; here the offerings are to begin with the smallest, and Grandmother Rabbit thus volunteers first. The Very Small Tabby Cat has the cat learning that there is another way than being big to have people look up to her. When the bluebird changed to its blue, so did the coyote, but he forgot to let the color dry, picked up a lot of dust, and ever since has been dusty gray. In The Friendly Lion, a mouse (not the usual hare) thinks the world is ending when a coconut falls near him. The last story is the traditional fable in which the hare gets the elephant and hippo into a tug-of-war with each other while thinking they are battling with her. Both the texts and the art are well done in this book.

Identifier

en_US 152003320

en_US 2239 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77797

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Harcourt Brace

en_US San Diego, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.M4627 To 1995 See all items with this value

en_US Collection See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole