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The tortoise & the hare  Cover Image Book Book

The tortoise & the hare

Pinkney, Jerry (author,, illustrator.). Aesop. (Added Author).

Summary: Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0316183563
  • ISBN: 9780316183567
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Subject: Folklore
Stories without words
Fables

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Erlanger Branch E PINKN J (Text) 33126018431530 Easy Available -
Independence Branch E PINKN J (Text) 33126018431514 Easy Available -

Jerry Pinkney is one of the most heralded children's book illustrators of all time. He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse. He has published numerous reimagined classic tales, including The Little Mermaid, The Tortoise & the Hare,The Grasshopper & the Ants, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Red Riding Hood, and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott King Honor four times, and has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award. He was also the first children's book illustrator elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The artist invites you to visit his website at jerrypinkneystudio.com.

Jerry Pinkney is one of the most heralded children's book illustrators of all time. He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse, and has since created two companion picture books: The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper & the Ants. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott King Honor four times, and has been nominated for the prestigious Hans Christian Anderson Award. He was also the first children's book illustrator elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The artist invites you to visit his website at jerrypinkneystudio.com.


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