The Tortoise or the Hare by Morrison, Toni

The Tortoise or the Hare (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416983347)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Tortoise or the Hare by Morrison, Toni

The Tortoise or the Hare

$19.99
The Tortoise or the Hare by Morrison, Toni

The Tortoise or the Hare

$19.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
Description
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Everyone knows that in the story of the Tortoise and the Hare the slow and steady tortoise wins always wins. Or does he? In this energetic retelling Hare wins but the Tortoise has the story to tell. So you decide, what makes a winner?

Author: Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison
ISBN-10: 1416983341
ISBN-13: 9781416983347
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 09/07/2010
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 10.28h x 10.26w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 139693 / Tortoise or the Hare


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 39
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2010
School Library Journal 10/01/2010 pg. 103
Booklist 11/01/2010 pg. 50
By Toni Morrison
By Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and collaborated with his mother, Toni Morrison, on their books for children.

Joe Cepeda is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books, including Peeny Butter Fudge and The Tortoise or the Hare by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, What a Truly Cool World by Julius Lester, Mice and Beans by Pam Muz Ryan, and Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley. Mr. Cepeda received his BFA in illustration from California State University, Long Beach. His illustrations have appeared in publications such as the Los Angeles Times; Buzz, Inc.; and Latina.

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