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Aesop's Fables
By Pinkney, Jerry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-58717-000-3
- Publisher
- New York : SeaStar Books, c2000.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2000
K-Gr 4 A visually appealing selection of 61 fables that mixes the well known ("The Fox and the Grapes," "The Tortoise and the Hare") with some that have been nearly forgotten ("The Mermaid and the Woodcutter"). In tone and format, this book is reminiscent of early 20th-century Aesop collections for children. Like Arthur Rackham and Milo Winter before him, Pinkney accompanies the stories with a blend of full-page paintings and smaller illustrations. As in those earlier collections, his text uses ele-vated language and an extremel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
