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Sep 1, 1984 · The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable (Reading Rainbow Books) Paperback – Picture Book, September 1, 1984 by Janet Stevens (Author) 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 353 ratings
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Jan 1, 1984 · The genre for "The Tortoise and the Hare" by Janet Stevens is Folklore and the intended age group is 4-8. Awards won are the Caldecott Honor (1994) and Children's Choice Award (1995). Summary: "The Tortoise and the Hare" is a vibrant retelling of the classic Aesop's fable.
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Sep 1, 2013 · Theme(s): race, tortoise, hare Opening line/sentence: “once upon a time, there was a tortoise and a hare.” Brief Book Summary: In this version of the tortoise and the hare, these two animals are faced with a challenge of winning the race. As usualy, the hare is super confident, while the tortoise is thorough and laid back.
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A hare was making fun of a tortoise for moving so slowly. The tortoise, tiring of the hare’s gibes about how slow he was on his feet, eventually challenged the hare to a race. ‘I’ll race you, hare,’ he said; ‘and I bet I’ll win the race.’. The hare agreed to this challenge, and a fox was found who set the course of the race and to ...
Jul 5, 2016 · The Hare, one day, laughing at the Tortoise for his slowness and general unwieldiness, was challenged by the latter to run a race. The Hare, looking on the whole affair as a great joke, consented, and the Fox was selected to act as umpire, and hold the stakes. The rivals started, and the Hare, of course, soon left the Tortoise far behind.
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The Van Cortlandt Park sculpture with the Tortoise & Hare Café across the street. Outside of book production, there is an early 17th-century oil painting of the fable by the Flemish landscape artist Jan Wildens. The hare enters on the left, racing over an upland road as dawn breaks; the tortoise is nowhere in sight.
The Tortoise and the Hare is the sixth of Elizabeth Jenkin's twelve novels and was published in 1954. Imogen aged 37 is the beautiful wife of the successful barrister Evelyn Gresham aged 52. Imogen has a very comfortable life, big house in the Berkshire countryside, a son about to go to public school, maids to wait on her and plenty of money.
