Item
Le Lièvre et la Tortue
- Title
- en_US Le Lièvre et la Tortue
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: French
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Creator
- en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Dedieu, Thierry
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:10:00Z
- 2023-06
- en_US 2022
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:10:00Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2022
- Abstract
- en_US Here is an extra-large format (9" x 13") book of 34 pages. That we are in for something different is clear from the first images: The tortoise looks from the deck of a slow ship at the hare perched in something that is half airplane and half spaceship. I would say that Dedieu deserves whatever room he demands because of the great work he has done in producing exquisite fable pop-up books. Next we see the two competitors face to face. Is the tortoise in a space-suit and the hare in an early pilot's uniform? For the preparations that La Fontaine so easily dismisses we see the two combatants with a fox peering over a three-dimensional aeronautical or military planning table. Next we see the rabbit outstripping dog fighter pilots who have shot down rabbits. This is beloved craziness! Images then show the hare letting the steamboat take its time; he has time to brood, nap, as we see him sleeping in a hammock. He even plays mechanical chess with a robot and fishes for space-flying marine critters. At last we see his aircraft at full speed, but alas too late! Dedieu rightly emphasizes La Fontaine's particular view of this fable. The hare had to make it interesting by starting late. It is the perfect fable for students planning papers and writing them the day before the deadline.
- Identifier
- en_US 13377 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US Seuil jeunesse
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books