"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?

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.

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!

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

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

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.

Slow and steady wins the race in this classic fable by Aesop and illustrated by the legendary European artist Bernadette Watts. When Tortoise says to Hare, “I bet I can beat you in a running race!” all the animals laugh. Tortoise puts one foot in front of the next. Hare stops to nibble carrot tops and cabbages. . . . Who will have the last laugh? Bernadette’s vibrant palette and thoughtful illustrations encourage readers to move at a tortoise’s pace to admire every detail.

A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.