A picture-book version of a Brer Rabbit story, with rhyming text. Brer Rabbit tricks the boastful pair, Rhino and Hippo, into a tug-of-war contest, which ends in a dead heat. The contestants take it all in good humour when they discover how they've been fooled.

 

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 1999 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

John Agard is a prolific playwright, poet and author for children. In 2012 he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and has won a raft of other awards. Robin Tzannes lives in New York City. Korky Paul lives in the UK.