SuitabookRumour and collective panic
A hare spreads alarming news, and more animals join a frightened, increasingly frenetic stampede.
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Jan Thornhill - Author
This is a brisk animal tale about how alarming news spreads. Its strongest features appear to be movement, vivid Indian scenery and a shift from collective panic towards a wiser response.
The world is breaking up!" The worry-wart hare quickly spreads the word in this lively retelling of an ancient Indian version of The Sky is Falling. Convinced that the world is breaking up, the hare tears out of her cozy home in the grove. Along the way, she spreads her alarming news, gathering an ever-increasing herd of terrified animals. The stampede continues and the frenzy grows, until one wise voice prevails. With rich colour and vivid detail, Jan Thornhill's illustrations create an intricate tapestry that brings the Indian landscape and endangered animals to life. The charging animals seem to leap off the page as they as they bolt from marshland to forest to open plain. Young readers and parents alike will be entranced by the brilliant illustrations, simple language, and engaging moral.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a brisk animal tale about how alarming news spreads. Its strongest features appear to be movement, vivid Indian scenery and a shift from collective panic towards a wiser response.
A hare spreads alarming news, and more animals join a frightened, increasingly frenetic stampede.
The growing frenzy ends when one wise voice prevails.
The illustrations bring an Indian landscape and endangered animals to life across marshland, forest and open plain.
Notice how the story treats the hare’s worry and the animals’ response.
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