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Burningham, John

Tug-of-War

32 pp. | Candlewick | August, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6575-3 $16.99
New ed. (1968, Follett)
(3) PS The Extraordinary Tug-of-War, a classic African trickster tale, was one of the first books Burningham illustrated. Here, he retells the fable himself. Weary of being belittled by Elephant and Hippopotamus, Hare challenges each to a tug-of-war, cleverly engineering the contest so that his tormentors actually pull against each other. The real glory of this new edition is its (original) gorgeous, witty art.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: October, 1968

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