Tops & Bottoms

Title

en_US Tops & Bottoms

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens

Creator

en_US Stevens, Janet See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Stevens, Janet

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:31Z

en_US 1998-04

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:31Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US Here is a delightful presentation of the age-old story of outwitting a partner by offering--at the right time--tops or bottoms or both. One of the exceptional things about this book is that it positions itself so that the book opens from the bottom to the top, not from side to side. The victim here is the lazy bear who has land but no energy. Hare and his family have lost their land and now offer the bear a partnership, with all the work on their side. Bear has only to choose whether he will take tops or bottoms. When he has made his choice, the hares go about planting and watering and weeding. At harvest time, the hares dig up the carrots, radishes, and beets that they have planted, and they give all the useless tops to Bear. Bear, angered, demands the bottoms in the next crop--and gets them--the bottoms of lettuce, broccoli, and celery. Come the next season, Bear demands both tops and bottoms--and gets the roots and tassels of corn stalks, while Hare collects all the ears of corn in the middle in his own pile. Bear gets mad enough to work during the season, and Hare buys land with his profits. He and Mrs. Hare open a vegetable stand. They live happily as neighbors, but they will never be business partners again! Stevens' work with the younger rabbits playing tricks and having fun is especially good. I am delighted that she has continued with fables over the years.

Identifier

en_US 152928510

en_US 4048 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79387

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Harcourt Brace & Company

en_US San Diego, CA

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.S8572 To 1995 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole