About this item
Deep inside the city was a hip and happy hare. He was zipping, sometimes lippy, takin' taxis everywhere. Way out in the country was a tortoise calm and cool. He was quite the mellow fellow chillin' out beside the pool. Kids will love to move and groove with this dynamic duo as they hop and pop towards the finish line in this hip-hopping retelling of the classic tale.
About the Author
Kristyn Crow, author of the ZOMBELINA series, loves to use rhythm, rhyme, and repetition to make reading snappy and fun. Her first book, COOL DADDY RAT (G.P. Putnam's Sons) , received starred reviews and was named a "Blue Ribbon Book" for 2008 by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Other titles include BEDTIME AT THE SWAMP (HarperCollins) , THE MIDDLE-CHILD BLUES (Putnam) , SKELETON CAT (Scholastic) , and HELLO, HIPPO! GOODBYE, BIRD! Kristyn enjoys visiting elementary schools, where she directs eager young readers in a "swamp rhythm symphony" using a variety of percussion instruments. She teaches rhythm in verse to help improve reading skills. Kristyn is the mother of seven wonderfully creative children, and is married to a policeman, who doubles as a mad scientist/inventor.
