The Tortoise and the Hare: An Aesop Fable
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- Author：Janet Stevens
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Reviews
Ashley Rutland
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"Hard work and perseverance bring reward" I love everything about this book。 The illustrations were nicely printed。 You could understand the tone of the message through the emotions of the pictures。 I believe this always gives a great message to children， about how you don't need to be "fast" to accomplish things in life， to remain humble。 This book also shows positive friendships and how to support one another through anything。 Overall， I believe this is a great book to read aloud to preschoole "Hard work and perseverance bring reward" I love everything about this book。 The illustrations were nicely printed。 You could understand the tone of the message through the emotions of the pictures。 I believe this always gives a great message to children， about how you don't need to be "fast" to accomplish things in life， to remain humble。 This book also shows positive friendships and how to support one another through anything。 Overall， I believe this is a great book to read aloud to preschoolers because they are around that age group where they are making "best friends" and learning from what others are doing。 。。。more
Allison Stewart
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This is one of my favorite children's books。 The illustrations are lovely and help the reader to be able to understand what's going on in the story。 The story is about a tortoise and a hare who decide to race。 The hare goes really fast and ends up getting really tired while the tortoise takes its time and finishes the race。 I think this is a great story to read to kids in order to teach them the importance of patience and taking your time。 It's not about how fast you get to a certain place it's This is one of my favorite children's books。 The illustrations are lovely and help the reader to be able to understand what's going on in the story。 The story is about a tortoise and a hare who decide to race。 The hare goes really fast and ends up getting really tired while the tortoise takes its time and finishes the race。 I think this is a great story to read to kids in order to teach them the importance of patience and taking your time。 It's not about how fast you get to a certain place it's about the journey along the way。 。。。more
Anthony
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Another take on the classic Aesop Fable depicting how hard and perseverance brings rewards to the steadfast。
Joan
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We love the beautiful illustration and the beautiful lesson that we learned from this book。
Kate
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The Tortoise and the Hare is a great story that has been told for years。 This illustration in the book is very unique。 I really like how there are little pops of colors like the tortoise。 The tortoise is one of the main characters and is talked a lot about and the bright green makes him stand out even more。 The illustrations look like that were drawn by hand and colored in。
Alyna
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Traditional LiteratureGrades K-5In this story， the tortoise races the hare。 The tortoise as seen as slow and the hare is seen as fast， but when the hare believes he will win no matter what， we find out that sometimes slow and steady wins the race。
Synthia Salomon
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Family Rating ✨
Vickie McEntire
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"The Tortoise and the Hare，" an Aesop Fable adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens is a classic that deals with bullying， perseverance and friendship。 "The Tortoise and the Hare，" an Aesop Fable adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens is a classic that deals with bullying， perseverance and friendship。 。。。more
Sandy
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This is a classic story and this book was true to the plot。 Pictures were dated but still appealing to young children。
Emilio owolabi
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I can't even read it how do you read I can't even read it how do you read 。。。more
Jordyn Andrew
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This is a great book。 It has a good theme and illustrations。
cassia Oliveira
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The tortoise and the hare an Aesop Fable adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens。 This poetry fable was first published in 1984 and reprinted by Holiday House。 The age intendent for this reading is children between three years old and seven years old。 The tortoise and the Hare share the story of a friendly and quiet tortoise and a flashy and rude Hare that end up in a race suggested by the Hare to prove a point that the tortoise was too slow to win。 The text is great for young readers and a goo The tortoise and the hare an Aesop Fable adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens。 This poetry fable was first published in 1984 and reprinted by Holiday House。 The age intendent for this reading is children between three years old and seven years old。 The tortoise and the Hare share the story of a friendly and quiet tortoise and a flashy and rude Hare that end up in a race suggested by the Hare to prove a point that the tortoise was too slow to win。 The text is great for young readers and a good option to read aloud。 With shorter paragraphs， the reading goes smooth and keeps the attention of the little ones in check。 The illustrations are very detailed and are pencil colored looking like。 This fable is a great option book to be used in the classroom with children among kindergarten and first grader students。 It can be used in a lesson or a part of an activity。 This book teaches us about the importance of hard work and perseverance。 Also， teaches that you can be more successful doing things slow and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly。 For all those reasons I decided to rate the tortoise and the hare five stars and recommend as a great family reading。 。。。more
LaShai Lyles
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The Tortoise and the Hare was written by Janet Stevens。 This book is a fable and written for children ages 5 to 9。 The book is a bout a race between a tortoise and a hare。 I rated the book a 5 star because its a great children's picture book。 I think it teaches children to be fair to friends and not to underestimate。 And the moral of the story was "Slow and steady wins the race"， teaching children patience as well。 The Tortoise and the Hare was written by Janet Stevens。 This book is a fable and written for children ages 5 to 9。 The book is a bout a race between a tortoise and a hare。 I rated the book a 5 star because its a great children's picture book。 I think it teaches children to be fair to friends and not to underestimate。 And the moral of the story was "Slow and steady wins the race"， teaching children patience as well。 。。。more
Destiney Cleveland
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This book shows young children to never give up， no matter how hard something may seem。 When you push through something， you are more likely to win。 When you give up， you will never be able to know your true limits and what you can accomplish。 This story is a great way to show your children that anything is possible once you set your mind to it。
Kassidy McCusker
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This book follows a race between a Tortoise and a Hare。 It shows students that being the fastest is not always what will make you win， it's persistence， and smarts。 This book follows a race between a Tortoise and a Hare。 It shows students that being the fastest is not always what will make you win， it's persistence， and smarts。 。。。more
Stacy Renee （LazyDayLit）
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A classic Aesop fable about a race between a hare and a tortoise。 Read for B&R-1。
Brittany Hopkins
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This book was great！ It delivers an important lesson that everyone can benefit from。
Adam
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Name: Adam Abusharbain Tortoise and HareIn life， you should never be overconfident。 Well， Hare in the fable The Tortoise and The Hare was overconfident and the results at the end of the story are unpleasant。 The particular reason for the circumstance is Hare is always laughing and making fun of Tortoise saying how slow the Tortoise is， Hare is always bragging about how fast he is， and most importantly， he actually got a drink， got a snack， and actually took a nap during his big race because he Name: Adam Abusharbain Tortoise and HareIn life， you should never be overconfident。 Well， Hare in the fable The Tortoise and The Hare was overconfident and the results at the end of the story are unpleasant。 The particular reason for the circumstance is Hare is always laughing and making fun of Tortoise saying how slow the Tortoise is， Hare is always bragging about how fast he is， and most importantly， he actually got a drink， got a snack， and actually took a nap during his big race because he was so confident that he would win。 But actually， after all that， he lost！ Hare in Tortoise and the Hare is overconfident。 Hare shows this through by constantly making fun of Tortoise and specifically targeting the Tortoise for being a little slow。 For example， Hare said，“ You're so slow， I could beat at a race， Hopping on one paw”。 This shows that Hare is overconfident and is full of himself！Another reason why Hare in Tortoise and Hare is overconfident is because He is always bragging and full of himself。 The text says， “The Hare had been up all night before， laughing and bragging about how he would beat the Tortoise， so he was very sleepy。”And the most important reason， Hare was confident that he literally stopped during the middle of his big race to get a drink， get a snack， and actually take a nap during the big race。 “ Hare was so far ahead that he decided to stop at Bear’s House for something cool to drink。” Another stop he made was at the mouse's house to get a snack。 “ The Hare passed Tortoise for the second time for a snack “。 And lastly he stopped to take a nap。” Hare was so sure he would win， he took a nap in the soft grass。 As he closed his eyes， he dreamed of victory”。 Consequently， this led to him losing the race and getting super embarrassed。 The author， Janet Stevens could have just let Hare go as fast as he can and finish the race， but instead she let the Hare make those stops， and let the Tortoise win。 This helps the reader understand that the Hare really was super overconfident。As you can see， Hare in The Tortoise and The Hare is way too confident。 This led him to losing the big race while everyone in town was watching。 This really taught me to never get too ahead of myself。 You never know what is going to happen because anything can happen anywhere at any time。 You might just get a little too confident and end up embarrassing yourself。 。。。more
Dave Wright
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I don't read this to my children anymore。 I read it to myself every year as a reminder that life is not a sprint。。。it is a marathon。 Train well。 I don't read this to my children anymore。 I read it to myself every year as a reminder that life is not a sprint。。。it is a marathon。 Train well。 。。。more
Paige Fulkerson
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A classic！ The message was very clear and there was a very fun story to follow along！ I feel like there was never a time that I didn't know what this story was， so it was very cute to read it again。 Could very clearly share with children that hard work and perseverance bring reward！ A classic！ The message was very clear and there was a very fun story to follow along！ I feel like there was never a time that I didn't know what this story was， so it was very cute to read it again。 Could very clearly share with children that hard work and perseverance bring reward！ 。。。more
Isaac Frost
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The Tortoise and the Hare is about a race between a Tortoise and Hare。 The Hare is significantly faster than the Tortoise。 The Hare loves to brag about how fast he is and consistently rude to the animals that he is faster。 The Tortoise decides to race the Hare and has to train for the race。 At the start of the race， the Hare is able to get an early lead。 However， the Hare misjudges the heart of the Tortoise and the race becomes closer than he anticipated。 I believe this library would be a great The Tortoise and the Hare is about a race between a Tortoise and Hare。 The Hare is significantly faster than the Tortoise。 The Hare loves to brag about how fast he is and consistently rude to the animals that he is faster。 The Tortoise decides to race the Hare and has to train for the race。 At the start of the race， the Hare is able to get an early lead。 However， the Hare misjudges the heart of the Tortoise and the race becomes closer than he anticipated。 I believe this library would be a great fit for any library！ 。。。more
Katie
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A version of "The Tortoise and the Hare" which was obviously illustrated in the 1980's。 A version of "The Tortoise and the Hare" which was obviously illustrated in the 1980's。 。。。more
Kayla
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This book represents a great lesson which is don't become to over confident。 The Hare in this case was over confident in his abilities and lost sight of what the mission was， which was to finish the race。 The hare knew that he would beat the tortoise so he decided to make a game of it and try and do other things during the race to mock the tortoise， this ended up backfiring on the hare because when it came down to it he lost sight of what was really important， good sportsmanship， and lost the ra This book represents a great lesson which is don't become to over confident。 The Hare in this case was over confident in his abilities and lost sight of what the mission was， which was to finish the race。 The hare knew that he would beat the tortoise so he decided to make a game of it and try and do other things during the race to mock the tortoise， this ended up backfiring on the hare because when it came down to it he lost sight of what was really important， good sportsmanship， and lost the race。 。。。more
Emily Rifanburg
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The Tortoise and the Hare is about a hare who thinks he will undoubtedly win a race between him and the tortoise。 When the two race， the hare is so confident he lays down to rest during the race。 The tortoise eventually passes the hare and wins the race。 I believe this book would be appropriate for any grade level from K-2。 It is a classic tale which sends the message that consistent hard work and determination will bring success in the long run。 Confidence， although useful in some cases， does n The Tortoise and the Hare is about a hare who thinks he will undoubtedly win a race between him and the tortoise。 When the two race， the hare is so confident he lays down to rest during the race。 The tortoise eventually passes the hare and wins the race。 I believe this book would be appropriate for any grade level from K-2。 It is a classic tale which sends the message that consistent hard work and determination will bring success in the long run。 Confidence， although useful in some cases， does not always pay off。 The story overall motivates everyone to put their best foot forward， regardless of their strengths and weaknesses because in the end really anything is possible。 A fun thing to do after reading this together as a class would be to divide the class into two teams， one being the tortoise and one being the hare， and let them compete in an intellectual competition such as a crossword puzzle or debate。 Another way to incorporate this into the classroom would be to read it together and then construct our own story as a class featuring two other animals with different strengths and weaknesses who race or battle each other in some way。 。。。more
Kayla Sharp
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Awards: noneGrade Level: K-3Summary: The tortoise and the hare race， but when the hare becomes too cocky and takes a break， he wakes to find the tortoise won。Review: Slow and steady wins the race！ Thats the moral of this story。 If you do it right and don't brag， you shall win。In Class uses: Children can sort the negative and positive traits between each character。 Also， students can complete a sequence of events worksheet。 Awards: noneGrade Level: K-3Summary: The tortoise and the hare race， but when the hare becomes too cocky and takes a break， he wakes to find the tortoise won。Review: Slow and steady wins the race！ Thats the moral of this story。 If you do it right and don't brag， you shall win。In Class uses: Children can sort the negative and positive traits between each character。 Also， students can complete a sequence of events worksheet。 。。。more
Brent Chouanard
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This story is wonderful for young students who could learn about slow and steady wins the race。 All students （and adults too） will rush through something to get to a free time， choice activity， or just finish just to get done with something。 This book can be a good story to learn to slow down and keep trying even if it seems like they may not make it to the end。 Students can learn perseverance and hard work can pay off in the end。 Many of Aesop's Fables have many lessons and motifs that students This story is wonderful for young students who could learn about slow and steady wins the race。 All students （and adults too） will rush through something to get to a free time， choice activity， or just finish just to get done with something。 This book can be a good story to learn to slow down and keep trying even if it seems like they may not make it to the end。 Students can learn perseverance and hard work can pay off in the end。 Many of Aesop's Fables have many lessons and motifs that students can identify and write about。 I love using books and stories to create writing prompts， especially if students have all read the book recently and have that shared experience of reading the book。 Their answers are often unique and it is fun to read their responses。 。。。more
Shelby Steen
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This is a comic retail of the tortoise and the hare。 This is good for all students who want a good laugh and are interested to see what would happen in the race。
Kristen
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Note: I received a free copy of this book as part of a kindergarten curriculum。 This was a nice sharing of the familiar Aesop Fable adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens。 I would recommend this version if you are looking for one to share with your children。
J。R。 LaMar
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Definitely my favorite version of this classic Aesop’s fable。
Kristen
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