This is a clever trickster tale that can be used with younger grades while studying plants and how they grow.
Lazy bear wants to sleep all the time while the rabbit family struggles for food upon losing their land (a consequence of losing a certain familiar race against a tortoise!). The rabbit approaches Bear and proposes that he and hiis family will take care of all the work if Bear will share the harvest. Rabbit asks if Bear wants the tops or bottoms of the plants. When Bear says tops, he gets all the yucky leaves from the yummy turnips and carrots. Realizing he was duped, the next time he requests bottoms. Rabbit, being a wise one, switches the crop to items that produce their vegetables on top, leaving bear with dirty roots. Thinking he's finally got the rabbit, Bear demands tops and bottoms on the third harvest. What will happen next?
The fact that the book is printed sideways makes the perspective of the illustrations more fun!
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