Turnabout
by Munro Leaf
Tommy and his friend Jack tied a can to a dog's tail because they thought it would be funny. It didn't turn out that way--the dog quickly bit through the string because it hurt! But that night in bed, Tommy closed his eyes and found himself with Ali, a Malaysian boy, walking through a jungle. They were met by a lion, a tiger, and a bear who told the boys they judges for the trial. The charge was "being cruel to animals." Zebra was in charge. He called on a sparrow to speak for the birds, on goat, pig and rat to explain how animals are not cruel to each other, and finally on monkey and dog, to tell how Ali and Tommy had been cruel.
Juvenile FictionAnimalsFairy Tales & Folklore
RELEASED1967
PUBLISHERLippincott
LANGUAGEEN
Wilbur Monroe Leaf (a.k.a. Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976) was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf
Turnabout
by Munro Leaf
Tommy and his friend Jack tied a can to a dog's tail because they thought it would be funny. It didn't turn out that way--the dog quickly bit through the string because it hurt! But that night in bed, Tommy closed his eyes and found himself with Ali, a Malaysian boy, walking through a jungle. They were met by a lion, a tiger, and a bear who told the boys they judges for the trial. The charge was "being cruel to animals." Zebra was in charge. He called on a sparrow to speak for the birds, on goat, pig and rat to explain how animals are not cruel to each other, and finally on monkey and dog, to tell how Ali and Tommy had been cruel.
Juvenile FictionAnimalsFairy Tales & Folklore
RELEASED1967
PUBLISHERLippincott
LANGUAGEEN
Wilbur Monroe Leaf (a.k.a. Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976) was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro_Leaf
