Tops and Bottoms

Tops and Bottoms adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens

Bear was lazy.  He had money and land but cared about neither.  All he wanted was sleep.  Hare was a hard worker but had lost everything to tortoise in a bet.  He needed to take care of his large family....so he made a deal with bear.  Hare would do all the work to grow some crops on bear's land.  Bear got to choose if he wanted to keep the tops or bottoms.  Hare was clever in his planting though.  Bear always got the raw end of the deal and hare had plenty to feed his family. 

This is one of the cutest books.   I like how the book needs to be turned sideways to show the tall pictures of the crops.  The pictures are great and the story line is a wonderful lesson about doing your own work and not expecting others to take care of business for you.  Cute, cute, cute!