The four donkeys

By Lloyd Alexander and Lloyd and Abrams Lester (Illus. ) Alexander

Book Overview

When they have to take on the donkey's load to get to the fair, the tailor, baker, and shoemaker all learn to be tolerant of the other fellow's point of view. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 003080213X
• ISBN13: 9780030802133
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lloyd Alexander has done better

This is a picture book, in case you didn't know. I got it thinking it was a novel. Even so, it's a good story, as most of Alexander's works are. I would recomend this for anyone over 5. I think that even if it is for children, most people can enjoy it, and as picture books go, it's not bad at all.

Underrated

Another elegant bit of work from The Master Craftsman. Threemen on their way to market meet up with trivial disasters and end uphaving to trot back home, disappointed but wiser. The gentle little moral is a positive pleasure, the writing is superb, and the illustrations enhance the text without overshadowing it because the text stands on its own; it's not an excuse for visual creativity. Not for very little kids, but a great read-aloud book for kids with a fairly long attention span, and a great book for anyone older than that.