Rabbit and Turtle Go to School

by Lucy Floyd, Christopher Denise (Illustrator)

Overview

Rabbit and Turtle repeat their famous race—this time on their way to school. Rabbit runs; Turtle takes the bus. Who will win?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152048518
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/01/2003
Series:	Leveled Reader 1
Edition description:	1-Simul
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

LUCY FLOYD is the author of another Green Light Reader, Rabbit and Turtle Go to School. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  

Editorial Reviews

Floyd and Denise update "The Tortoise and the Hare" for primary readers, captioning each soft-focus, semi-rural scene with a short, simple sentence or two. Rabbit proposes running to school, while his friend Turtle takes the bus: no contest at first, as the bus makes stop after deliberate stop, but because Rabbit pauses at a pushcart for a snack, a fresh-looking Turtle greets his panting, disheveled friend on the school steps. There is no explicit moral, but children will get the point—and go on to enjoy Margery Cuyler's longer and wilder Road Signs: A Harey Race with a Tortoise (p. 957). (Easy reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews