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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
(EDC]Usborne Publishing, 2007)
I noticed this book as I wandered around Learning Sprout Toys in Tacoma on a morning of visiting after a fable lecture at Puget Sound University. The story starts in the present but promptly shifts to the past. Pipin is ...
Le Rat des Villes et le Rat des Champs
(Odege; Le Livre de Paris, 1973)
Here is a twelve-page large-format pamphlet portraying part of Mes Fables d'Animaux from Touret, for which edition I have guessed a date of 1975. This pamphlet measures 9 x 11¾. It is one of three in the Contes de ma ...
La Cigale et la Fourmi
(Odege; Le Livre de Paris, 1973)
Here is a twelve-page large-format pamphlet portraying part of Mes Fables d'Animaux from Touret, for which edition I have guessed a date of 1975. This pamphlet measures 9 x 11¾. It is one of three in the Contes de ma ...
The Fox and the Grapes
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of FG. Mother fox urges son to go get food, like his brother. Fox rather believes that someone will bring him something to eat. His mother cautions that Nothing is sweeter than something you ...
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of TMCM. The title on the book's cover spells the last two words with crooked boards to suggest the difference between country and town life. So does their clothing, starting on the cover. ...
The Ants and the Grasshopper
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of GA. That this is a creative adaptation of the fable is clear, if not sooner, on 4-5, where the ants above ground wear hard-hats and ants working under the earth wear miners' helmets with ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of BW. Will Meugniot is, if anything, more expressive than the others working in this series. Typical of him are the huge number of sheep on 4-5 and the facial experssions of those sheep who ...
The Tortoise and the Hare
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of TH. The hare here is rather human and certainly aggressive. You're the slowest thing I've ever seen! he says to the tortoise. You shouldn't make fun of me, the tortoise responds. When ...
The Lion and the Mouse
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of LM. This version is unusual in that the bored mouse sees the sleeping lion. In many versions he has no idea that he is running over a lion. The mouse decided it would be fun to surf down ...
Le Lion et le Rat
(ODÈGEOdege; Le Livre de Paris, 1973)
Here is a twelve-page large-format pamphlet portraying part of Mes Fables d'Animaux from Touret, for which edition I have guessed a date of 1975. This pamphlet measures 9 x 11¾. It is one of three in the Contes de ma ...