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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Finished with crackle-grain varnish, Jay's (Picture This) droll and distinctive paintings add a winning component to this updated rendition of Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare. The background patterns of hairline cracks in the illustrations suggest an antique quality, as do such images as an old-fashioned hot-air balloon, a vintage ocean liner and open-cockpit planes. But Jay's playful liberties with proportion and perspective also give her work a strong contemporary feel, creating a fresh and quirky amalgam of old and new. Repchuk's (The Snow Tree) narrative, relayed in rhymed couplets of varying cleverness, is less impressive: "Tortoise and Hare each packed a case. To New York City they decided to race," it opens. Tortoise books passage on a sturdy ship that transports him from England to Manhattan, while Hare embarks on a perilous string of misadventures. Readers will chuckle as Hare rear-ends a poodle's car in Paris, crashes his hot-air balloon in Egypt and falls out of a plane into New York Harbor, where a relaxed Tortoise fishes him out. An eye-catcher. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-In this modern retelling of the classic fable, Hare makes a bet with Tortoise that he can reach New York City first. They set off from England heading east, with Tortoise opting for a leisurely cruise and Hare choosing various modes of transportation, from cars to hot-air balloons to camels. In the end, of course, "Poor Hare, he was sadly deflated./It turned out that speed was overrated./So the moral of the story will stay./Slow and steady wins the day!" Jay's unique illustrations-alkyd paint with crackle-glaze varnish-provide life to this tale, recording Hare's travel woes, from barely escaping alligators to a fender-bender, with quieter insets showing Tortoise's trip for contrast. The stunning art, however, cannot redeem the mediocre text, presented in a tedious rhyme. In the end, Aesop's moral itself becomes murky, as the hare loses not because of his own boastfulness, but because he has chosen unreliable modes of transportation.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Finished with crackle-grain varnish, Jay's (Picture This) droll and distinctive paintings add a winning component to this updated rendition of Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare. The background patterns of hairline cracks in the illustrations suggest an antique quality, as do such images as an old-fashioned hot-air balloon, a vintage ocean liner and open-cockpit planes. But Jay's playful liberties with proportion and perspective also give her work a strong contemporary feel, creating a fresh and quirky amalgam of old and new. Repchuk's (The Snow Tree) narrative, relayed in rhymed couplets of varying cleverness, is less impressive: "Tortoise and Hare each packed a case. To New York City they decided to race," it opens. Tortoise books passage on a sturdy ship that transports him from England to Manhattan, while Hare embarks on a perilous string of misadventures. Readers will chuckle as Hare rear-ends a poodle's car in Paris, crashes his hot-air balloon in Egypt and falls out of a plane into New York Harbor, where a relaxed Tortoise fishes him out. An eye-catcher. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-In this modern retelling of the classic fable, Hare makes a bet with Tortoise that he can reach New York City first. They set off from England heading east, with Tortoise opting for a leisurely cruise and Hare choosing various modes of transportation, from cars to hot-air balloons to camels. In the end, of course, "Poor Hare, he was sadly deflated./It turned out that speed was overrated./So the moral of the story will stay./Slow and steady wins the day!" Jay's unique illustrations-alkyd paint with crackle-glaze varnish-provide life to this tale, recording Hare's travel woes, from barely escaping alligators to a fender-bender, with quieter insets showing Tortoise's trip for contrast. The stunning art, however, cannot redeem the mediocre text, presented in a tedious rhyme. In the end, Aesop's moral itself becomes murky, as the hare loses not because of his own boastfulness, but because he has chosen unreliable modes of transportation.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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