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A delightful story in which Tortoise comes to realise how wonderful sharing a bedtime story with Hare can be!
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Hare is always raring to go. He races through the day while the ever-patient Tortoise does his best to keep up. Hare, it certainly seems to Tortoise, has boundless energy. So Tortoise has plans for when it is time for Hare to go to bed - a well-deserved rest with a cup of chamomile tea! And, for the first time in the day, it is Tortoise who is in a hurry. He reads speedily, with one eye on his cuppa. But Hare has other ideas. As far as he is concerned, when it's time for his bedtime story from Tortoise, he is no longer in a hurry. In fact he wants to take all the time in the world and linger over every picture. After all, some things just shouldn't be rushed! Toddlers will love this simple story, with its cosy farmland setting and lovable characters. And while adults are reading a story that highlights the differences between the energetic and impetuous Hare and the rather more circumspect Tortoise, they will no doubt smile as they recognise the parallels with their own experiences of childcare!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
With charming friendly pictures in soft natural spring colours, reminiscent of Debi Gliori's style, this is a heart-warming short picture book about a hare and a tortoise. As you'd expect, Hare is nearly always in a hurry and Tortoise is not and although it isn't explicit, Hare is an ever-bouncing small child while Tortoise is a careful and thoughtful adult. Hare is always bouncing ahead calling "Hurry up" until, at bedtime, he'd like to slow down to hear a bedtime story all over again. The text is brief on every page with a snail or mouse or frog to spot on every page so this book is perfect from age 2, yet there's gentle humour for the adult reader too. Thoroughly lovely.
Format:Paperback
This is a rather different slant on the hare-and -tortoise story: hare is always bounding around and gets irritated by tortoise's slower approach to life,("and chew each leaf at least eleventy times" "eleventy" is rather like those toddler words that just mean "a lot" ! ) but when it's time for the bedtime story, hare no longer wants to rush: he needs tortoise to take his time, and they both enjoy the story, slowly.
Layn Marlow illustrates her own story with a gentle palette, with lots of plants and creature to talk about, and the contrast between hare's rushed and untidy lifestyle and tortoise's bemused plod is beautifully drawn, (with the consequences of hare's untidiness discreetly pointed out...), and her use of single and double-page spreads make good use of the creamy white space to give a very relaxed feel as the reader proceeds. A delightful story for a child who is always rushing about, or a reassuring story for the quieter child, and perfect for bedtime.
Layn Marlow illustrates her own story with a gentle palette, with lots of plants and creature to talk about, and the contrast between hare's rushed and untidy lifestyle and tortoise's bemused plod is beautifully drawn, (with the consequences of hare's untidiness discreetly pointed out...), and her use of single and double-page spreads make good use of the creamy white space to give a very relaxed feel as the reader proceeds. A delightful story for a child who is always rushing about, or a reassuring story for the quieter child, and perfect for bedtime.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A perfect bedtime tale to discuss differences ~ are you fast paced or easy going?
17 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
The Hare is always in a big hurry to do everything. He chases through the fields after a mouse, is in a big giant hurry to get up in the morning, he hop hop hops over the stream chasing a butterfly, eats his food like there is no tomorrow . . . hurry, hurry, hurry! Now the tortoise is a different sort of critter altogether. He likes to relax and take his time with everything.
Lunchtime is a slow and easy time for him when the hare yells out, "hurry up and eat up!" Of course the tortoise likes to chew each bite "at least eleventy times." Naturally that old hare will always yell, "is it time for dessert?" All creatures are different, but with these two together there would always be a push pull relationship. Wait a minute . . . there is something that will make the hare want to slow down. What could it possibly be?
The tortoise and the hare have different personalities and ways of going about things as well as children do. This is a perfect bedtime story to read and discuss differences. The artwork is quaint and expressive in a Beatrix Potterish sort of way, but not as detailed. Are you going to want to rush through this book or take your time?
Lunchtime is a slow and easy time for him when the hare yells out, "hurry up and eat up!" Of course the tortoise likes to chew each bite "at least eleventy times." Naturally that old hare will always yell, "is it time for dessert?" All creatures are different, but with these two together there would always be a push pull relationship. Wait a minute . . . there is something that will make the hare want to slow down. What could it possibly be?
The tortoise and the hare have different personalities and ways of going about things as well as children do. This is a perfect bedtime story to read and discuss differences. The artwork is quaint and expressive in a Beatrix Potterish sort of way, but not as detailed. Are you going to want to rush through this book or take your time?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful illustrations and lovely story
22 Nov 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful version of the classic tortoise and hare story. The illustrations were so beautiful and I spent time going back over them. The illustrator uses pictures where re-occuring characters appear (the frog and snail that follow the tortoise and hare)
I thought of many ways I could use this with my classroom as a read aloud. Discussing the value of slowing down and enjoying things, the value of really enjoying a book and the pictures, and the value of time well spent together. I never heard of the author, and stumbled upon the book looking for another, and fell in love with the story twist, the pictures, and the sweetness of the characters. Would also be an excellent bedtime story, since the characters are going to bed and reading a story together. I shared this with a few other elementary teachers and it is a new favourite.
I thought of many ways I could use this with my classroom as a read aloud. Discussing the value of slowing down and enjoying things, the value of really enjoying a book and the pictures, and the value of time well spent together. I never heard of the author, and stumbled upon the book looking for another, and fell in love with the story twist, the pictures, and the sweetness of the characters. Would also be an excellent bedtime story, since the characters are going to bed and reading a story together. I shared this with a few other elementary teachers and it is a new favourite.
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