The Tortoise and the Hare

Title

en_US The Tortoise and the Hare

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Edited by Joseph Jacobs

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:53:43Z

en_US 2008-04

en_US 2004

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:53:43Z

Date Issued

en_US 2004

Abstract

en_US Here is a large square (8) board book with 12 pages. It is perhaps most memorable for its images of the hare with fashionable sunglasses. Here the wolf starts the race with a gun. There is a strange juxtaposition of two perceptions. At the start of the race we read The hare shot off the starting line so fast no one saw him go. Then on the next page we read When the dust cleared, the tortoise was barely two steps ahead of where he had started. 'You'll never win this race!' the hare said as he ran past the tortoise. Wait a minute! If the hare got so far ahead at the start, how does he now pass the tortoise? At the end is a moral some will disagree with: 'It doesn't matter how fast you are, just always do your best,' said the tortoise. Perhaps the best picture in this book is on its back cover: the hare eats a carrot while the tortoise approaches with his walking-stick.

Identifier

en_US 9781552809259

en_US 6279 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81612

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Creative Publishing: Transglobal Communications Group

en_US Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.T679 2004 See all items with this value

en_US One fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole