"1,2,3. What are you doing?" asks Hare. "I'm counting", says Tortoise. "Counting? I LOVE to count!". Hare is always in a hurry, and in his rush, he forgets what number comes up next. Can he wait for Tortoise to catch up? Who will win the counting race?

"1,2,3. What are you doing?" asks Hare. "I'm counting", says Tortoise. "Counting? I LOVE to count!". Hare is always in a hurry, and in his rush, he forgets what number comes up next. Can he wait for Tortoise to catch up? Who will win the counting race?

Choctaw variant of Aesop's fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, in which Turkey assists Turtle in defeating Rabbit.

Many of the animals that live in the southwestern desert witness the race between slow but steady Tortoise and the quick, overconfident Jackrabbit.

In this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story, the kids at Robin Hill School count as fast as they can! Mrs. Connor’s first-grade class is trying to count from one to ten in less than a second. No one is fast enough to get all the way to ten before time is up…until the first graders work together to come up with a faster way to count!

The Short Tales Fables make life's truths available to the youngest readers. Aesop's tales are brilliantly retold in a simple, easy-to-read style. These strikingly illustrated fables provide the morals to live by and entertain readers of all ages.

This classic tale about a race between a confident hare and a humble tortoise has been illustrated and retold by Australian childrens books creator, Bruce Whatley.

Recounts in simple dialogue the famous tale of the race between the persevering tortoise and the boastful hare.

Imagine algebra class meets The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy... Meet JJ, an unusual character with a unique vantage position from which he can measure and monitor humanity’s progress. Armed with a device that compels all around it to tell the truth, JJ offers a satirical evaluation of our attitudes to numeracy and logic, touching upon several aspects of life on Earth along the way, from the criminal justice system and people’s use of language to highway driving and modern art. A collection of mathematically-flavored stories and jokes, interlaced with puzzles, paradoxes and problems, fuse together in an entertaining, free-flowing narrative that will engage and amuse anyone with an interest in the issues confronting society today. JJ demonstrates how a lack of elementary mathematical knowledge can taint our work and general thinking and reflects upon the importance of what is arguably our most valuable weapon against ignorance: a sound mathematical education.

Aesops fable of the race between the Tortoise and the Hare is given a modern twist by Downard, who uses manipulated photographs of his farm animals to add some zaniness to the classic tale. Full color.