Tricky Tortoise - Hardcover

Hadithi, Mwenye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316337242 ISBN 13: 9780316337243

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1988

Synopsis

This morality tale shows how a tiny creature of the jungle--a tortoise--triumphs over a bullying elephant

About this title

About the Author:

Author: Bruce Hobson is the author of seven other books in this series. He lives on a farm in South Africa.

Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway moved from Kenya to London when she was 15 to study at the Ealing School of Art. Later she attended L'Academia de Belle Arte in Rome. It was on her return to Kenya that she began illustrating the picture books that have made her well known.

From Publishers Weekly:

In a splendid jungle setting, a lowly tortoise proveswith the help of a friendthat might does not always make right. A pompous elephant believes that he is the most important animal in the jungle because of his size and power. But because his magnificence has gone to his head, he is blatant in his disregard for the smaller animals, particularly the tortoise, whom he has stepped on 332 times. Tired of constantly patching his cracked shell, the tortoise challenges the elephant by making him think that he can jump over the mammoth creature's "silly, little head." This story has all the elements of a timeless fable: the animals are highly individualized characters and Hadithi makes excellent use of their differences. The meticulously orchestrated timing of the text is maintained in the pictures. By skillfully manipulating light and dark, Kennaway creates beautiful contrasts; the intensity of color is exceedingly rich and the use of bold shapes and textures is accomplished. Ages 3-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0316337242
• ISBN 13: 9780316337243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kennaway Adrienne