In this delightful retelling of Aesop’s well-known fable, children’s-book-award winner Melanie Williamson captures the story of the slow and steady tortoise and the overly-confident hare. • In this delightful retelling of Aesop’s well-known fable, children’s-book-award winner Melanie Williamson captures the story of the slow and steady tortoise and the overly-confident hare. • Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language • Children can recap the stages of the race between the hare and the tortoise on pages 14–15. • Text type: A traditional tale • Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and us, Literacy
A proud hare brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and so when a tortoise challenges him to a race, the hare is confident that he will win.
Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two
The stories within "Aesop's Fables" often feature anthropomorphic characters, animals that possess human-like qualities and behaviors, which serve as relatable conduits for addressing complex concepts.
All the stories story lead to a particular moral lesson. Aesop (620–564 BCE) was a storyteller that was believed to have lived in Ancient Greece. He is celebrated for a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables.
In this retelling of a classic tale, the Tortoise and the Hare, readers get to see two sides to the story.
Jamey Tortoise is smarter than anyone else and Jimi Hare is faster, but when a race is announced each consults a reporter about how to get what he really wants when and if he should win in this updated twist on the familiar fable.
Includes a condensed version of the original tale.
How will Tortoise teach Hare a lesson? How will Mouse save Lion's life? How will Ant and Grasshopper prepare for winter?
Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
More than 40 puzzles include hidden pictures, search-a-words, fill-in-the-blanks, mazes, and other games, all starring the slow and steady tortoise, the fleet-footed rabbit, and their woodland friends.