The Hare and the Tortoise

by Helen Ward

Overview

Award-winning illustrator Helen Ward's beautiful retelling of the classic fable about one fast hare and one slow tortoise.

Join one fast hare and one slow tortoise, along with a whole host of other animals, to discover who will be the winner of a most unusual race.

Award-winning illustrator and author Helen Ward's gorgeous artwork breathes new life into the classic fable, now in a redesigned paperback edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787419414
Publisher:	Bonnier Books UK
Publication date:	07/08/2021
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan, and John Vernon Lord. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration.

Editorial Reviews

"Ward uses this tale as a vehicle for her absorbing pictures of animals from around the world . . . Beautiful and scientifically precise ink-and-watercolor illustrations." —School Library Journal

"In this age of satirical versions of fables and fairy tales, a straightforward, elegant, witty retelling of an old favorite such as "The Hare and the Tortoise" comes as a particular pleasure. The focus of this large, spacious picture book is real animals, from the two title characters to the many that come to see the race. With black ink outlines meticulously delineating the creatures' fur and markings, Ward's watercolor-and-gouache paintings show each animal as both warmly cuddly and realistic. . . .  The brief story, with its large, easy-to-see pictures, makes a fine story hour choice for younger children. For older ones, there's more fun at the back of the book. In tiny print, Ward provides a key and some chatty background information on all the animals portrayed in the story, making the volume a treat that animal lovers can return to again and again." —Booklist

From the Publisher

In this age of satirical versions of fables and fairy tales, a straightforward, elegant, witty retelling of an old favorite such as "The Har and the Tortoise" comes as a particular pleasure. The focus of this large, spacious picture book is real animals, from the two title characters to the many that come to see the race. With black ink outlines mericulously delineating the creatures' fur and markings, Ward's water-color-and-gouache paintings show each animal as both warmly cuddly and realistic. In this version of the story, the very fast hare wreaks havoc with his tearing around. When he trips over the tortoise and tumbles into a thorny bush, he calls the tortoise slow-witted and stupid. "The tortoise did not say what he thought of the hare. Instead, he challenged th hare to a race." As always, the hare's overconfidence and recklessness cost him the win. The brief story, with its large, easy-to-see pictures, makes a fine story hour choice for younger children. For older ones, there's more fun at the back of the book. In tiny print, Ward provides a key and some chatty background information on ll the animals portrayed in the story, making the volume a treat that animal lovers can return to again and again.

S Dove