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Seven blind mice

Author: Ed Young
Publisher: New York, NY : Philomel Books, [1992] ©1992
Edition/Format:  Print book : Audio book, etc. : Fiction : Juvenile audience  Sound Recording : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.
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Genre/Form: Fables
Stories in rhyme
Caldecott Medal
Folklore
Fiction
Juvenile works
Picture books
Dust jackets (Bindings)
Juvenile literature
Juvenile fiction
Folklore Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Young, Ed.
Seven blind mice.
New York : Philomel Books, ©1992
(OCoLC)629876317
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience, Audio book, etc.
Document Type: Book, Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors: Ed Young
ISBN: 0399222618 9780399222610 0590469711 9780590469715 0698118952 9780698118959
OCLC Number: 21562815
Notes: Adaptation of: The Blind men and the elephant.
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, 1993
Target Audience: AD530L; Decoding indicator: 60 (middle); Semantic indicator: 80 (high); Syntactic indicator: 80 (high); Structure indicator: 80 (high)
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Other Titles: 7 blind mice
Blind men and the elephant.
Responsibility: Ed Young.
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In this retelling of the Indian fable, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.

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by MissHayleyMac (WorldCat user published 2010-06-10) Excellent Permalink

As a picturebook adaptation of the Indian fable The Blind Men and the Elephant, each blind mouse explores only one section of an elephant (trunk, head, leg, etc), leading each to his own interpretation and thus perception of what an elephant is and can do. Groups from third grade on up would best...
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