Goofy's car is slow and falls apart, while Donald's car goes fast. Goofy goes slow and steady and wins the race because Donald thinks he will win and wastes time.

This appears to be a retelling/reimagining of the tortoise and the hare where slow and steady wins the race--and Donald learns that all those "it's just a minute"s add up in the end. ( )

Goofy’s Big Race is a retelling of a fable The Tortoise And The Hare, Goofy is the tortoise and Donald Duck is taking the role of the hare. Donald challenges Goofy to a race to the ice cream shop. As Goofy keeps trucking on “slow and steady” the infamous duck, Donald, makes many stops including taking a nap, very confident he will win.

I am a Disney fan so seeing Donald and Goofy in this story is fun. The story is probably not that different from the original fable.

Even though I am a Disney fan I think the original fable is better. I think while the characters are fun they may take away from what the fable is teaching.

I still love Disney and had many of this series when I was younger. I read them over and over until the age of 10 or 11. It is fun to go back and revisit them as an adult. ( )

(The full review is on my blog. Summary follows.)

Goofy's Big Race is a good children's book, and is certainly one of the better books in Walt Disney's Fun-to-Read Library, living up to that series's name. ( )