Hare is the fastest animal around and he knows it. In fact, he can't stop boasting about it. So Tortoise challenges him to a race to try and prove him wrong. There's just one problem. Tortoise is very, very slow. How will he ever win the race? A lively and humorous retelling of the well-know Aesop Fable. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, a collection of over 400 reading books, graded in eight levels and developed with reading experts. Combination of speech bubbles, clear reading font and full-colour illustrated scenes throughout to make for easy reading.