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The Hare and the Tortoise Helen Ward

The Hare and the Tortoise By Helen Ward

The Hare and the Tortoise by Helen Ward


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Summary

Award-winning illustrator Helen Ward's beautiful retelling of the classic fable about one fast hare and one slow tortoise.

The Hare and the Tortoise Summary

The Hare and the Tortoise by Helen Ward

Join one fast hare and one slow tortoise, along with a whole host of other animals, to discover who will be the winner of a most unusual race. Award-winning illustrator and author Helen Ward's gorgeous artwork breathes new life into the classic fable, now in a redesigned paperback edition.

The Hare and the Tortoise Reviews

I think many, if not most, of us are familiar with the classic fable of The Hare and the Tortoise, but wait until you see this version of the popular tale, retold and illustrated by Helen Ward and published by @templarbooks.

Helen Ward has put her own slant on this tale, extending the audience of this famous race to creatures from across the globe, which she has illustrated in the most exquisite detail. Whilst the race takes a slightly different course to the one we are familiar with, the outcome is, of course, the same, and you are left with the same lack of sympathy for the hare and a general feeling of joy that the slow-witted and stupid tortoise won in the end.

The story ends but is not closed until you have worked your way through the appendix listing all the animals included in the illustrations and the story. The wonderful facts about each animal will fill your young reader's mind with awe and wonder, along with a wide array of useful general knowledge!

Slow and steady certainly wins the race, but Helen Ward and Templar Books are definitely winning with this beautiful book. It's a timeless story for young and old alike because the moral is a very valuable one. A perfect addition to a Christmas stocking. RRP: GBP6.99. Available to buy online or from any good booksellers.

* Review Studio UK *

About Helen Ward

Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration.

Awards for Helen's work include The National Art Library Awards 1998 and 2001 for The Hare and the Tortoise and her version of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows in the Templar Classic series, and The National Art Library Award for The Tin Forest. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award in 2003 for The Cockerel and the Fox. This book also won the award in the children's trade category at the British Book Design and Production Awards presented in November 2003.

Helen Ward lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Additional information

GOR012098848
9781787419414
178741941X
The Hare and the Tortoise by Helen Ward
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Templar Publishing
2021-07-08
40
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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