Author: Janet Stevens
Illustrator: Janet Stevens
Readability Scores: Interest Level=K-2, Grade Level Equivalent=3.8, Lexile=580L, DRA=20, Guided Reading=L
Genre: Fables
Subgenre: Fiction, folk tales
Theme: Conflict resolution
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary=Hare and Bear, Secondary=Hare's family
Awards: Caldecott Medal Honor Book
Date of Publication: 1995
Publishing Company: Harcourt Books
ISBN Number: 9780152928513
Summary: Hare had a large family to feed and he was out of money. Bear was very lazy, but he had a large farm that he would not plant and tend to. Hare decides to work with Bear. First he offers to do all the work and they will split the crops. Hare will get bottoms and Bear will get tops. Hare plants carrots, radishes, etc. Bear decides he wants tops next time, and Hare plants cabbage, broccoli, etc. Bear decides that he wants tops and bottoms, and Hare plants corn and takes the middle. Bear decides he has had enough and he is no longer lazy. He plants his own crops from then on, and Hare has successfully fed his family.
Applications for Teaching: This book contains bright vivid illustrations that would engage younger readers. The rabbit is very clever and outsmarts the bear three different times. Students could work in pairs or groups to come up with different crops or ways the rabbit could continue to trick the bear or ways the bear could outsmart the rabbit. How could the two animals work together without anyone being tricked?
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