The Foolish Tortoise
By: written by Richard Buckley; illustrated by Eric Carlé.
Contributors: Eric Carlé (Illustrator)
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Simon & Schuster (Juv)
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 22
ISBN-13: 9780590462853
Subjects: Turtles -- Juvenile fiction.; Stories in rhyme -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
First sentence: A tortoise, tired of being slow, / Impatient to get up and go, / Took off his large and heavy shell / And left it lying where it fell.
Description: A tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters.