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| Tale of a Tail | 
 enlarge | Author: Judit Z. Bodnar
Creator: John Sandford
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1186748
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 10.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0688121748
EAN: 9780688121747
ASIN: 0688121748
Publication Date: September 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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More than anything else in the world -- more than tender biddies from the hen house, more than juicy red rasberries in the summertime -- Fox loves to eat fish. But Bear has a hunger for fish as well, and he wants to share in his neighbor's catch.Fox, like all his kin, is not only greedy, he is clever. On the spur of the moment, he comes up with a scheme tjat wo;; surely rid him of his blumbling bear. Or will it? 00-01 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List and 00-01 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Grds K-3)
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Gorgeous! Funny! Happy Ending! March 7, 2008
Oooh, the illustrations in this book. They are just delicious.
The story is great -- terrific characters, and very easy to relate to.
And in the end, the bear has a full tummy and goes to bed, but not before he writes a thank-you note!
Find a copy of this one and devour it with your children. It is a keeper.
I should mention that my husband does not like the gulping sounds the animals make (such as "hom hom" and "hop la")-- he doesn't like to read them aloud. But they are Hungarian, I suppose, so on with the show!
We love it.
 Tale of Tails February 15, 2008
Tale of Tails is a clever play on words. It is a fun story about a fox who uses his tail to catch much desired fish. His friend, Bear wants some, but fox is too greedy to share and told Bear about his fishing method--to use his tale. Well, the fun of the story is what happens next. It is well written, and cleverly illustrated.
Our new favorite classic!!! February 5, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was delighted to discover this book while volunteering at my son's school library. After renewing Tale of a Tail from the library twice, I decided we needed to own it for our own home collection. This story is new to those of us in the West, but it has all the elements of a classic (and is, in fact, an old Hungarian fable.) The story of Tale of a Tail has a wonderful and surprising twist that makes it an enjoyable read for parents as well as children. The artwork in the illustrations is gorgeous; I am surprised this book did not win a Caldecott award. This book earns the highest recommendation of our family!!!
A tall tale with incredible pictures! July 26, 2001
Judit Bodnar's rollicking tale of tables turned & turned again, in a funny & Aesopian tall tale, is wonderfully endowed by John Sandford's awesome artistry of life in an amazingly enchanted forest!Fox is a quick witted creature & soon catches himself a basketful of trout. Just as he's about to dig in to his huge supper, he hears a knocking at his door. It's Bear, drawn to his friend's home by the lovely fishy smell. Fox is not a polite neighbor & tells Bear to take a hike & when Bear persists, Fox thinks to give him a hard time by telling him how to fish for his own supper. Bear, being a bit of a bumbler, takes Fox's lesson to heart & sits for one miserably cold winter night with his tale stuck in a lake. In the morning, without catching one fish, Bear decides to go home. When he stands up he finds his tale frozen to the lake. With a mighty heave Bear pulls the whole lake out & staggers away, muttering at his Foxy friend. Naturally, the lake melts & Bear gets his own feast, beyond Fox's imaginings! A wonderful book to be read & re-read for the story & for the pictures!
Wonderful March 20, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
My son was read this book in school and absolutely loved it! He's 7 years old and begged me for a copy of his own. He can't wait to receive it.
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