See my comments under the reprint (1938/66/89). This belonged to the Thomy Lafon School Library, from which was taken out once in 1969. I think it likelier that this book was made in the 60's than in the 30's. Perhaps ...

This new edition reproduces the original 1971 version by McGraw-Hill. The texts and illustrations are the same, but the format is different. The long horizontal illustrations now cover the pages from left to right, but ...

Here is a second copy of this book. See my comments on the identical hardbound version. Both paperbacks are less then perfect: the Berkeley copy has a slightly bent cover, and the Worcester copy has a scuffed back cover ...

A winning animal story. Mr. Hotfoot Jackson, the jackdaw, makes himself the pet of the family of Sybil Leek, the witch. Leek has a predilection for run-on sentences. Enjoyable reading. A fable? The sub-title is a ...

See the parallel Spanish/English version by the same author/artist and publisher: Tina la Tortuga y Carlos el Conejo/Tina the Turtle and Carlos the Rabbit (1972/84/90). Only the names (and thus the titles) are changed ...

See the parallel Spanish/English version by the same author/artist and publisher: Leonardo el león y Ramón el ratón (1978/86/90). Only the names (and thus the titles) are changed here, as we now have Léon (and Leonard ...

A good children's play, expanding generously and skillfully on the fable. The tortoise has escaped from the garden of some little girls, while the animals are planning a sports day and cannot find a cross-country opponent ...

Here is an extra copy of the third printing of this book. Ross continues to be a wonderful storyteller and illustrator. The wolf puts salt on the man as he is chasing him. Willy yelled Wolf whenever he had to do something ...

Here is the first of three extra copies of this booklet. Number 3 in the series. Here is a quirky eBay find. I had found one other book in this set, which now includes not twelve but rather eighteen members. Biro's ...

Here is the second of three extra copies of this booklet. Number 3 in the series. Here is a quirky eBay find. I had found one other book in this set, which now includes not twelve but rather eighteen members. Biro's ...