6/9/2023 0 Comments Tops and bottoms book![]() Unfortunately, some illustrations are marred by the placement of the boxed text. The contrast between the slumbering bear and the frantically energetic hare family is especially amusing. ![]() The entertaining story is illustrated with Stevens's now familiar artwork?lively, colorful line-and-wash spreads filled with sprightly characters and humorous details. A furious Bear insists next time he'll take bottoms so Hare plants corn, leaving empty stalks. He'll even let Bear choose which half he wants?"tops or bottoms." Bear chooses tops so Hare plants root crops, leaving Bear with a useless harvest. He and his family will work Bear's land and split the crops in half. ![]() ![]() PreSchool-Grade 2?A note states that this trickster tale has "roots in European folktales and slave stories of the American South." Lazy Bear sleeps through every planting season, so conniving Hare makes a deal. ![]()
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