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Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
The well-known fable is economized in a Ready-to-Read edition from Miles (see review, above); the events of the race now take place entirely in dialogue, sometimes in a Dick-and-Jane staccato. Quotation marks and speech bubbles have been abandoned in favor of brief blocks of text placed in proximity to each animal speaker. Once the race begins, it's not long before Hare settles into a nap; a night and a day later, bespectacled, sneaker-wearing Tortoise is still plodding along, slow but steady, coaching himself—"One step, another step. One step and another" until he takes first place. Meisel's whimsical, uncluttered line drawings fit the format well, bright enough to attract attention and to express action. Larger animal characters sport T-shirts with identifying letters—H for Hare, B for Bear—while a cheering section of smaller creatures displays banners proclaiming "Yippee" and "Hooray," highlighting the tale with humor. (Picture book. 5-7)
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Bob Graton
reviewed The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable on April 05, 2010 The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is a wonderful Aesop fable classic from Janet Stevens and it is about how Tortoise tries to work out everyday in order to beat Hare in a big race. "The Tortoise and the Hare" is the perfect book about the importance of hard work and perseverance that children will cherish for many years.
Janet Stevens has done an excellent job at both illustrating and writing this book about a famous Aesop fable. Janet Stevens' illustrations are beautiful and colorful, especially of the images of Hare looking scraggly, while Tortoise looked wrinkly yet wise. Janet Stevens' writing sets up the moral of the story, which is "hard work and perseverance brings its own rewards" in such a brilliant manner, that many children will be awed at how Janet Stevens shows that hard work does pay off.
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is a great book for children who want to learn how to work hard to earn their goals in life and is easily one of the greatest Aesop fables ever told. I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog
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