The foolish tortoise

Richard Buckley, 1938-

Book - 2009

"The foolish tortoise wants to move faster, so he decides to leave his heavy shell behind. But then he's too scared to walk anywhere"--P. [4] of cover.

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Board books
Published
New York : Little Simon 2009, c1985.
Language
English
Main Author
Richard Buckley, 1938- (-)
Edition
Little Simon board book ed
Item Description
Originally published: Picture Book Studio, 1985.
On board pages.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 18 cm
ISBN
9781416979166
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Review by Horn Book Review

In two animal fables reissued in board book format, a tortoise learns he is safer in his shell, even if he is slow, and a python does [cf2]not[cf1] learn about greed and ends up swallowing himself. The moral tales are told in rather clunky rhyming couplets. Carle's collages are the strength of the books and are more suitable for the baby and toddler audience than is the text. From HORN BOOK Fall 1999, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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