The Book Shelf: Tops and Bottoms

Tops and Bottoms

Janet Stevens

29 Pages

Ages 4-8

Summary

A Charming tale of a cunning rabbit and a lazy bear. Hair and his family have been starving while the Bear who owns all the land chooses to sleep through every harvest season. Hair comes up with a plan and approaches Bear with a business proposal. The rabbit would plant and care for the crops while the bear could sleep the time away on his porch and when the time came for harvest they would split the crop down the middle. Three times Hair fooled Bear and took the crop for him and his family, leaving the bear with nothing but leaves or roots. When the bear finally realized that no matter what he said the hair would always cheat him out of his fair share, he took to planting and harvesting the crops for himself.

Other Books by the Author:

Anansi and the Magic Stick
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
From Pictures to Words : A Book about Making a Book
Shoe Town
Old Bag of Bones : A Coyote Tale

Illustrated by Janet Stevens
To Market, to Market by Anne Miranda
Tumbleweed Stew by Susan Stevens Crummel

The Original Purpose

This blog actually originated as a class assignment. The first "younger reading" class I took had each student create a different note card for every book they read. The note card was to have all of the information on the book as well as a brief summary and our reaction to what we read. With my children's literature class being the second class that required a similar assignment, I decided that a blog was more practical than trying to find some place to store several hundred 3x5 notecards. Thus the birth of "The Book Shelf." I hope you enjoy my insights.