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Folktales from many lands story time kit
By Ata, Te & Ehlert, Lois & Martin, Francesca & Martin, Rafe & McDermott, Gerald R. & Mosel, Arlene & Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich & Beall, Pamela Conn & Moroney, Lynn & Reisberg, Veg & Young, Ed & Lent, Blair & Alonso, Liwayway & Sharkey, Niamh & Nipp, Susan Hagen
- ISBN
- 978-0-39921-178-2
- Publisher
- [Milwaukee, Wis. : Milwaukee Public Library, 2002].
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1985
K-Gr 3 A retelling of a Jataka precurser of Chicken Little and Henny Penny. A foolish rabbit under an apple tree dreams that the earth might breakup. When the predictable crash jars him from sleep, he assumes the worst and spreads his news throughout the jungle. Only a lion, viewing the consternation from a lofty resting place, interrupts the animals' flight towards a fatal precipice. The lion forcefully directs the animals to examine the facts of the matter, then prevents the animals from tearing the rabbit "to pieces" when they find out how gullible they have been. Suitable tone a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
