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Title
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en_US
The Hare and the Tortoise and The Tortoise and the Hare/La Liebre y la Tortuga and La Tortuga y la Liebre.
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Description
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Language note: Bilingual: English/Spanish
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William Pene Du Bois and Lee Po
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Creator
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Lee, Po
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Contributor
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Du Bois, William Pene
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:23:48Z
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1991-09
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1972
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:23:48Z
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Date Issued
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1972
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Abstract
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One of the most imaginative books I have found in a while, sitting on the floor of a wonderful basement full of kids' books. Barbara Yoffee, who showed me many books, rejoiced with me in my very own find. Bilingual on each page, with delightful and witty facing illustrations. Two stories. The first is the traditional Aesopic tale with additions. The prize is a six-course dinner at The Bird & Bottle. The male hare does not sleep but stops and joins in at a hog-calling contest where hogs do the calling. The hare laughs at the rain-dance of some Indians, but a downpour carries the tortoise down a gutter to the sea, the finish line. The female tortoise, who wears a great bathing cap, consoles the hare and enjoys the six courses. The second story has the queen of all fish suffering from a hook, surrounded by doctor and nurse fish. The tortoise volunteers hare's liver as a remedy, and soon the story plays the old folktale motif of It's so valuable that I left it at home. Let me go back and get it. The hare no longer goes anywhere near the tortoise.
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Identifier
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1049 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Doubleday
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Garden City, NY
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Subject
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PZ8.2.D8 Har 1972
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Aesop and others
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole