The Fox and the Hare
Three traditional animal stories. Here the Billy Goats Gruff have to outwit not a troll but a wolf. The familiar folk tale devices of patterning and repetition are also used in the other lesser known stories which both feature house building.
In Three Little Geese, first the oldest and then the youngest asks for and receives help to build a house with the promise of reciprocal aid. But the promise is broken and the smallest goose has to rely on help from a carpenter for her refuge from the fox.
Fox and Hare has, unexpectedly, Cock rather than Wolf or Bear as the one who finally evicts Fox from Hare's wooden house. Fox's ice house having melted with the coming of spring. All three books have clean, bright colour wash illustrations and clearly printed texts.