The Rabbit's Tail : A Story From Korea

Rating:
Summary: Should be nominated for Caldecott award
Review: As a practicing artist as well as a teacher candidate, I appreciated this book not only for its lovely story from long ago, but also for the outstanding illustrations. The pictures make this book completely. If other forms of pictorials had been used, I would not have been captured by the text alone. The tale is a beautiful legend adapted wonderfully for use as a teaching tool. I found the book outstanding for teaching double-lettered words, as the book is chock full of them. However, I did question some content that would be in need of explanation. Due to the culture location of where the story was read, the reader may not have understanding as to what exactly what a persimmon was, thus putting themselves in the living predicament of the tiger in the story itself. A definite must for a regular classroom, as well as for use in art.