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The tortoise & the hare Cover Image Book Book

The tortoise & the hare / [retold and illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney. --

Pinkney, Jerry. (Added Author). Aesop. (Added Author).

Summary:

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316183563
  • ISBN: 9780316183567
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
  • Edition: 1st ed. --
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2013.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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    This lavish, highly-acclaimed rendition of Aesop's most beloved fable about grit, hope, and resilience is brought to life by Caldecott Medal-winning artist Jerry Pinkney.

    This nearly wordless companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse is Jerry Pinkney's most stunning masterpiece yet. Even the slowest tortoise can defeat the quickest hare, and even the proudest hare can learn a timeless lesson from the most humble tortoise: Slow and steady wins the race! Here is a superbly rendered journey from starting line to finish that embodies the bravery, perseverance, and humility we can all find inside ourselves.

    Don't miss these other classic retellings by Jerry Pinkney:
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