The Rabbit's Judgement

by Suzanne Crowder Han

"A thorough opening source note attests to the care that's gone into adapting this Korean variant of 'The Tiger, the Brahmin, & the Jackal,'akin to an ancient Jakata tale.... A dual-language book that satisfies aesthetic criteria as well as furthering multicultural causes." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805026746
• ISBN13: 9780805026740
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

What an awesome book

I read this book to my class of third graders. This is a trickster-tale, of sorts, from Korea. The story is well stated and easy to understand and the illustrations are wonderful. Yumi Heo has a distinct style that is magical, primitive, and quirky. We loved it! And it was a definite bonus to have the Korean text too. Even if we couldn't read it- it set the story in a cultural context. What a little gem!

one smart bunny

I stumbled upon this book at a local library and as my in-laws are Korean-American I bought it for one of my nieces. I think my sister-in-law liked it more than her daughter. My mother-in-law didn't recall this tale exactly, but said that stories of wise animals are quite common in Korea. The pictures are a little too primative for my taste, but I liked the story and the fact that it was bi-lingual, which is nearly impossible to find in any language, nevermind in Korean/English. The layout is nice with Korean on one side, English on the other. I bought another copy for a friend that just adopted a little Korean girl and for my own daughter. I've never been able to find anything else like it (except for the other book that Ms Han wrote also involving wise animals).