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Bat's Big Game
(Albert Whitman and Company, 2008)
This happens to be the six-thousandth book in the collection. There is a short statement on the verso of the title-page about the history of this story. It begins with Aesop and Motif B261.1 in Stith Thompson. The animals ...
The Hare and the Tortoise Based on a Story by Aesop
(EDC PublishingUsborne Publishing Ltd., 2007)
This is my first find in a series of -- apparently -- sixteen First Reading books by Usborne including three fables. All sixteen are pictured on the endpapers. I have ordered TMCM and GGE from the same series. This is ...
The Fox and the Crow
(Franklin Watts, 2009)
This version of FC is lively and well illustrated. One great double-page near the center of the book pictures the vain crow (13). Its text is Crow had always thought she was beautiful. The fox gobbles up the food and ...
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 ...
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 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 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 ...
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! ...