Library Book: The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind (Rise and Shine)

National Geographic Learning

ISBN 10: 0874838320 / ISBN 13: 9780874838329

Published by National Geographic School Pub, 2010

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.125LP

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Library Book: The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind (Rise and Shine)
• Publisher: National Geographic School Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874838320
• ISBN 13: 9780874838329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

A man finds himself swept up in a battle of strength between the sun and the wind, as each attempts to make the man remove his coat first.

Reviews

Storyteller Forest recasts this fable from Aesop in simple, crystalline language and occasional rhyme. As a man wearing a coat walks down a road, the sun and wind watch. The wind, puffing itself up, declares that he is stronger than the sun, but the sun challenges: Let’s see who can take the coat off of that man. The gray wind, with pointy teeth, bushy eyebrows, and a fierce visage, whirls away, which only makes the man cling more tightly to his coat. The rosy-cheeked sun, with rainbows in its eyes, brightens the world until the man bursts into song, unbuttons his coat, and uses it for a pillow under a tree. Moral? Gentleness beats bluster. Gaber’s wild and vivid images reflect, augment, and illuminate the story: the last spread shows not only lion and lamb but also a tree in all stages of growth from bare branch to full leaf. A deeply satisfying retelling, worthy of pondering. Grades K-3. --GraceAnne A. DeCandido