The Tortoise & the Hare by Pinkney, Jerry - 2013

E-229: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 2013. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Boston, MA. 2013. 40 pgs. Illustrated. Signed by Jerry Pinkney on the title page. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This nearly wordless companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse is Jerry Pinkney's most stunning masterpiece yet. Even the slowest tortoise can defeat the quickest hare, and even the proudest hare can learn a timeless lesson from the most humble tortoise: Slow and steady wins the race! Here is a superbly rendered journey from starting line to finish that embodies the bravery, perseverance, and humility we can all find inside ourselves. ; 11.2 X 9.8 X 0.6 inches; 40 pages .