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City Mouse and Country Mouse
(Quarto PublishingSt. Martin's Press, 1996)
First published in the USA by St. Martin's Press. This book comes with a kit for making the two mice. It can be viewed at http://aesop.creighton.edu/jcupub/soft_sculptures.htm. The soft-sculpture mice appear several ...
Little by Little
(Golden Books Publishing Company, 2002)
Two crows find a pitcher of water only partially filled. One gets the bright idea to use pebbles. The other complains that it takes too long. The first perseveres. Mile 1 books like this feature easy words, fun rhythms ...
The Fox and the Crow Based on a Story by Aesop
(Usborne Pub LtdUsborne Publishing Ltd., 2007)
I have TH and GGE in this same series and I just ordered FS and SW. They all belong to First Reading books by Usborne. This is a sturdy book, about 8 x 5, containing 32 pages. This telling highlights the crow's responses ...
The Fox and the Stork Based on a Story by Aesop
(Usborne Pub LtdUsborne Publishing Ltd., 2007)
This book helps complete the series with FC, TH, SW, and GGE. This is a sturdy book, about 8 x 5, containing 32 pages. The story is well told. Pages 10-11 show stork's problem: Poor Stork! She couldn't eat a thing! ...
The Sun and the Wind Based on a Story by Aesop
(EDC Pub.Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2007)
This book helps complete the series with FC, TH, FS, and GGE. This is a sturdy book, about 8 x 5, containing 32 pages. The story is well told. The key in this telling comes on 21 when the sun says I win and the wind ...
The Crow and the Pitcher: A Tale about Problem Solving
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2007)
Good subtitle! Yes, this fable is about problem-solving. In this version, we find ourselves in a parched desert. There is a pitcher party buried in the sand. Crow and Zebra are both thirsty. Crow realizes that tipping ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: A Tale about Telling the Truth
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This book tells the BW story unusually well. Julian's father needs to go away for three days and offers to get Julian help tending the sheep on this his first turn at the task, but the boy says that he does not need help. ...
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: A Tale about Appearances
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This story represents a transformation of the traditional Aesopic fable. First, this version develops the beginning by inserting three phases taken from two fairy tales and a fable. This wolf sees Little Red walking along ...
The Tortoise and the Hare: A Tale about Determination
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
Here is a twenty-page children's picture book that extends onto its back endpaper with tips for parents, including strategies, discussion questions, and activities that grow out of the story. The version of TH here has ...
The Miller and the Donkey: A Tale about Thinking for Yourself
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This is a favorite fable, and I am happy to see it included in this collection. Both text and illustration here are well done. The early story sets the miller up to look older than he is and to have his twelve-year-old ...