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Hughes, Ted

How the Whale Became: And Other Stories

96 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-531-30303-9 $$25.00
1964, Atheneum
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Jackie Morris. Eleven pourquoi tales from England's late poet laureate describe how various animals came about--the whale grew from a root in God's garden; the vain rabbit developed his long legs chasing the moon from hilltop to hilltop, trying to marry her. Morris's gentle, natural watercolors of animals, both full-page and spot, add a quiet, well-balanced visual component to Hughes's assured tales.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: October, 1964

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