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The Tiger and the Rabbit and Other Tales _____ Pura Belpre, illustrated by Kay Peterson Parker _____ In Puerto Rico there are many story tellers: father, grandmother, big sisters. Everyone knows a story, and these stories are hundreds of years old, and have been handed down from generation to generation. They are about clever animals like the rabbit who fooled the fierce but stupid tiger; and the black cat woh taught the mice to hate him; the fox who fooled ht wolf and ate the jar of honey; the billy goat who ate up the old folks' garden. You will also fidn stories of people. Here, as in other countries, you will find the stupid fellow, the old witch, thepeasant boy who marries the princess. _____ E. M. Hale, 1946. Hard library cover, 5 x 7-1/2 inches, 119 pages. _____ Ex-library, with pocket in front, and library stamps. Title page and preface have some light orange crayon marks. Occasional soil spots. Firmly bound. _____ Under 1 lb.
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