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The Tortoise or the Hare
(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2010)
About seven years earlier, Toni and Slade Morrison did three books of fables for Scribner's, all beginning with the question Who's Got Game? Their artist in all three of those was Pascal LeMaitre. Now here is a new ...
Rabbit and Turtle Go to School/Conejo y Tortuga van a la escuela
(Sandpiper: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010)
This is a fine reader for little kids beginning their reading of stories. Rabbit goes by foot, while Turtle takes the bus. Rabbit's big mistake is stopping for a snack along the way, perhaps because he sees that the bus ...
El Lobo y el Perro
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. It closes with the question Who chose better, the dog or the wolf? The wolf goes back into the words thinking that his relative the dog will ...
¿Quien le Pone el Cascabel al Gato?
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. The last image shows the rats scattering so fast that they leave a cloud behind. Best image is the opening image of the cat grasping hordes ...
La Araña y el Mosquito
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic, as is the whole series. This fable is often known rather as The Lion and the Mosquito. Its strongest images are the final one and, even more, the slightly different ...
El León y el Ratón
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. The book's four images give us the lion at four different moments. The best image is the opening image of the lion, eyes popping out, grabbing ...
La Zorra y el Cuervo
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. This crow steals grapes from some shepherds. Each image highlights one of the two central characters. The moral proclaims Los piropos, ...
Los Tres Toros Amigos
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic, as is the whole series. A curious feature of this particular number is that the visual presentation moves from showing the lion talking with one bull to the lion ...
La Hormiga y la Paloma
(Sigmar, 2011)
This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. In this version, the dove gives first-aid to the ant once the latter has arrived on shore. That gesture is repeated on the ...
El Águila y el Escarabajo
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. It closes with the moral There is no small enemy. This medium uses color wonderfully to increase the dramatic effect. The pamphlet has an ...