The foolish tortoise
By: Richard Buckley ; illustrated by Eric Carle.
Contributors: Carle, Eric, ill.; Buckley, Richard, 1938-
Publisher: Picture Book Studio, USA
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Natick, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Turtles -- Fiction.; Pythons -- Fiction.; Snakes -- Fiction.; Food habits -- Fiction.; Stories in rhyme.
Description: In two stories bound together back to back, a tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters and a greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.