A lively and refreshing retelling of this traditional tale of the fast hare and the slow tortoise. This edition has beautiful and detailed full colour ink and watercolour illustrations by Carol Jones, as well as small sepia and black line character drawings adding to the text on each right hand page. Children love the peephole, which adds another dimension to the storytelling.

 

This book is part of a book series called Peep-Through Picture Books .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd .

Born and educated in England, Carol Jones now lives in Australia. She is a full-time author and illusrutor who has given new life to many old favorites.