The World of Eric Carle: The Foolish Tortoise/Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Paperback)

from katiehummel

All children can relate to this bedtime story. Most children know the feeling of trying to fit in, so this story is great to relate to. This book is about a tortoise who just wants to be fast, like all the other animals. He is fed up with walking slow, so he decides to take off his shell. After h...

from anneofia

The tortoise takes off his shell so he can move about faster, and quickly learns that twice as fast is also twice as scary. My small grandchildren love this story and I love the collage art done by Eric Carle.

from sweetiegherkin

A turtle decides to leave his shell behind one day as it weighs him down, but then discovers all the ways the shell benefits him. Featuring Eric Carle's distinctive collage work, the illustrations in this book are pure fun. The story itself is captivating enough, and Buckley uses beautiful poetry...

from katiehummel

All children can relate to this bedtime story. Most children know the feeling of trying to fit in, so this story is great to relate to. This book is about a tortoise who just wants to be fast, like all the other animals. He is fed up with walking slow, so he decides to take off his shell. After h...

from paulaanweiler

The tortoise finds out that he should be true to who he is. That being himself is the best that he can be.