The Tortoise and the Eagle
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Tortoise and the Eagle
By (Author) Rob Lloyd Jones
Illustrated by Eugenia Nobati
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
1st June 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Readers and reading schemes
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
428.6
Physical Properties
Hardback
32
Width 142mm, Height 206mm, Spine 8mm
160g
Description
A new title in the fantastic First Reading series, aimed at children who are beginning to read.
Aesop's classic fable retold for beginner readers ready to tackle slightly more complicated storylines and sentence structures. Tortoise is jealous of Eagle. He wants to fly too. So he decides to try Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Includes several pages of reading-related puzzles.
Reviews
wonderful retellings of famous stories for young children and first readers * NI4Kids.com *
Author Bio
Rob studied Egyptology at university, but never thought he'd do much with it. Since joining Usborne in 2005, he's written loads of books about Ancient Egypt, and on topics ranging from space to the story of Islam. He is also the author of several award-winning historical adventure novels, and a hopeless cook
