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The Ass in the Pond
(Ginn and Company Ltd., 1984)
This booklet is identical with a third impression found earlier. This has no such marking, and so I presume that it is a first impression. Let me repeat some of my comments from there. This is an engaging eight-page ...
The Donkey and the Lapdog
(Ginn and Company, 1984)
This is an engaging sixteen-page pamphlet with stiff covers. Biro's best illustration here may be the double-page centerfold showing the dog in the master's lap and the donkey looking in enviously through the window. In ...
The Farmer and His Sons
(Ginn and Company, 1984)
This is an engaging sixteen-page pamphlet with stiff covers. Biro's best illustration here may be the double-size picture at the centerfold: the boys run to the field, each with a different dream of treasure pictured in ...
The Man, His Son, and the Ass
(Ginn and Company, 1984)
This is an engaging sixteen-page pamphlet with stiff covers. Two things are of note in this delightful rendition of the traditional story. First, the upside-down expression of the ass being carried on the pole is worth ...
The Ducks and the Tortoise
(Ginn and Company Ltd, 1984)
This is an engaging eight-page pamphlet with stiff covers. The tortoise's downfall here comes when he says to the amazed people Look, I can fly! The only report of what happened next is: Thump! Now I have found five of ...
The Fox and the Stork: A Fable by Aesop
(North-South Books, 2003)
This is an enchanting edition in the tradition I have come to expect from North-South. It was first published in Switzerland as Fuchs und Storch. The textures throughout are very soft. Fox wears an apron as he prepares ...
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 ...
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 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 ...