DANCING TURTLE

by Maggie--Adapt. Duff ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 25, 1981

Without the billboard-scaled, over-busy linoleum cuts that accompany it, this wouldn't be a bad (if unoriginal) story: Jake, one of three animal-fisherman friends, wheedles Turtle out of her home with praise for her singing, and then catches her--only to have Turtle, in turn, trick his friends Tom and Willie into letting her go. But they're afraid to tell Jake, so they paint a stone to look like Turtle--and when he finds out he's been deceived too, everybody joins hands in a song-and-dance. Up to that hollow hearty ending, fair enough except for the stiff, knock-'em-out pictures (which don't evoke the supposed bayou setting or any other known place).

Pub Date: May 25, 1981

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1981

Categories: CHILDREN'S