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Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Grapes
(Bright Sparks Parragon,Parragon: The Complete Works, 2001)
As I came to catalogue this book, I thought that I recognized it as identical with another that I already had. Having the two of them in my hands showed me that I was wrong. Internally the books are the same, and their ...
Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper
(Bright Sparks Parragon,Parragon: The Complete Works, 2001)
GA is told here in traditional fashion and is illustrated with lively cartoon characters including Bee, Ladybug, and Spider. When we meet Ant, she is struggling to balance a number of grains on her back. Grasshopper ...
Aesop's Fables: Town Mouse and Country Mouse
(Parragon: The Complete Works, 2001)
The cartoon-work is fun here. Still, I wonder how successful Gardner is in depicting Town Mouse. His image does not fit with the text's description that his whiskers were fancy and elegant. In town, Country Mouse gets ...
Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Grapes
(Parragon: The Complete Works, 2001)
This must be the longest telling of FG that I have read! This expansive version has time for the fox to chase bunnies and squirrels. Both failures give him a chance to use the logic that he will employ vis-à-vis the ...
Aesop's Fables: The Hare and the Tortoise
(Parragon: The Complete Works, 2001)
This version of TH sets out to have fun with the story. After the race's start, we read this of Hare: When there was no one to show off for, he slowed down just a bit. When Tortoise--unusually upright in this version, I ...