The Hare and the Tortoise: A Fable from Aesop Retold & Illustrated by Helen Ward

Title

en_US The Hare and the Tortoise: A Fable from Aesop Retold & Illustrated by Helen Ward

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Retold by Helen Ward

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ward, Helen

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:38Z

en_US 2000-12

en_US 1998

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:38Z

Date Issued

en_US 1998

Abstract

en_US This is a sideways (landscape) book of considerable artistic appeal. The color work is excellent. A new emphasis in this work lies on all the other animals involved. The inciting incident happens when the careless hare trips over the tortoise and tumbles into a thorny bush. The noise attracts a crowd. The hare insults the tortoise, who says nothing in return except to challenge him to a race. It is when the hare is leaping from stone to stone across the river that he finds the tortoise rowing across more easily. Next the hare finds himself moving through a forest (of larger animals' legs) that leaves him scratched and tired when he reaches its other side. So he decides to take a nap. The hare awakens, checks for the tortoise (who is not in sight), and takes time for a long lunch. The hare crosses the finish line too late but is running too fast to stop and falls into an even thornier bush than before. But this time he said nothing. The last few pages are a key to the various animals pictured along the way. Well done!

Identifier

en_US 0761313184 (lib. bdg.)

en_US 3319 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78698

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Millbrook Press

en_US Brookfield, CT

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.W285 Har 1999 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole