Book Review
The
Tortoise and the Hare
Retold
by Margo Lundell
Illustrated
by John Nez
Review:
I love this
classic story and my students do too. They love the "happy" ending and
while they laugh at the silly and boastful hare, they also learn a lesson from
him: best not to laugh too loudly at others. Who knows what may happen in the
end.
A boastful
hare one day visited his friend the tortoise for tea. All day the hare bragged
about how clever he was. He looked at his reflection in the pond and boasted
about how handsome he was. And finally he claimed that he was the fastest runner
in the whole world.
On the
following day, the hare told the tortoise that he had run away from the farmer
that very morning. "I am surely the fastest runner there is," he
bragged. At last, the tortoise had heard enough boasting.
"I
know you can run very fast," she said. "But I could beat you in a
race."
The
tortoise, not a very quick fellow on the best of days, started to become angry.
Finally he had enough of all the hare’s pompous (POM puss-pompous means overly
proud.) words and told the hare he would best him in a race.
Well, of
course the hair laughed and laughed. When the tortoise insisted, he finally
agreed, sure to win. Of course, you know he doesn’t. Read this retelling and
see why.
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Details:
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Title
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Tortoise and the
Hare
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Author
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Margo Lundell
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Publisher
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Golden Books -
Western Publishing
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Cover Type
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Hard
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