Harum-Scarum: The Tale of a Hare and a Tortoise

Title

en_US Harum-Scarum: The Tale of a Hare and a Tortoise

en_US Old Friends in New Frocks

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By May Byron

Creator

en_US Byron, May See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:28:51Z

en_US 2002-09

en_US 1925?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:28:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1925

Abstract

en_US Two things are coming clear to me as I get into further stories in this series. First, the cover picture is the same on each book. No wonder I noticed that it has nothing to do with the book's particular story! Secondly, I think that the Detmold tipped-in illustration serving as frontispiece for each volume is a reprint of his Aesop's Fables illustrations from his 1909 Hodder edition. How convenient for this publisher to bring the illustrations over from one book to another! Harum-Scarum is a hyperactive young bunny who frightens his mother and the neighbors with his energy. The race is cleverly introduced here. Neighbors are complaining about Harum-Scarum, and Mrs. Tortoise says that anyone with legs as long as his could run. She goes on to say that she thinks her husband could beat Harum-Scarum. These two tortoises are over a hundred years old! The match and its outcome is related in loving and lingering detail. William Weasel makes a surprise second appearance very near the end of this little book.

Identifier

en_US 5087 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80675

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Hodder & Stoughton

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.B97 Ha 1925 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