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Turtle's race with Beaver : a traditional Seneca story / as told by Joseph Bruchac & James Bruchac ; pictures by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Junior Library Guild selectionPublication details: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2003.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0803728522
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2/089/9755 21
LOC classification:
  • E99.S3 B77 2003
Summary: When Beaver challenges Turtle to a swimming race for ownership of the pond, Turtle outsmarts Beaver, and Beaver learns to share.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2089 B887 Available 33111004551954
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Turtle wakes up from hibernation to find that her pond has been taken over by a beaver-a selfish beaver who rejects Turtle's offer to share and instead challenges her to a swimming race. The prize? Ownership of the pond-and the loser must leave forever! How can poor little Turtle possibly outswim Beaver with his long flat tail? With brains and cunning, of course. Here is a bright, rambunctious follow-up to the popular How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, which School Library Journal called, in a starred review, a "polished, cohesive, and energetic [story that] begs to be told." The authors and illustrators once again bring a fresh, lively perspective to a traditional story-this one a Seneca folktale that has much in common with Aesop.

When Beaver challenges Turtle to a swimming race for ownership of the pond, Turtle outsmarts Beaver, and Beaver learns to share.

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