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Title
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The Race
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Apparent second printing
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By Caroline Repchuk
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Creator
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Aesop
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Contributor
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Jay, Alison
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:13:27Z
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2003-12
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2002
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:13:27Z
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Date Issued
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2002
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Abstract
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This is a large-format (9¾ x 11¼) landscape-formatted development of TH. A map early in the book shows a race starting from London and reaching to New York. The tortoise announces his usual wisdom Slow and steady is the way/to get somewhere without delay. Hare takes off in a car that leaves a cloud of dust. Tortoise cleverly boards an ocean liner. Hare runs into trouble; picture-postcards show him on ski-lift gondolas and Venetian gondolas. He is even thrown off by a donkey in Greece. Hot air balloons and kayaks continue the theme. After a boat ride of his own, Hare takes a plane from Hong Kong. After a stop in Australia, he gets into a fast plane--and then jumps out of it near the Statue of Liberty. If you look closely in the Statue's crown, Tortoise is there waving to Hare. In the end, the old-time moral is confirmed. The book's paintings are given a deliberate retro feel by showing cracked paint. It is all quite a bother about a simple point, but I suppose that observation only confirms this story's moral.
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Identifier
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811835006
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4675 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Chronicle Books
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San Francisco, CA
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Subject
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PZ8.2.R355 Rac 2002
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole