When Turtle grew feathers : a folktale from the Choctaw nation / Tim Tingle ; illustrated by Stacey Schuett.
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TextPublication details: Atlanta, Ga. : August House LittleFolk, 2007.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0874837774 (alk. paper)
- 9780874837773 (alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.208997 T588 | Available | 33111005320052 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Maybe you think you know the story of the big race between Rabbit and Turtle. Think again! In this story from the Choctaw People, Tim Tingle shows that it was not being slow and steady that won Turtle the big race, it was those feathers!!!
Includes bibliographical references (p. [31]).
Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.