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A Tiny Fable of Reynard the Fox
(Hill Press, 2002)
This is a pamphlet 6.5 x 10 with six French-fold (double) pages. Surprisingly, the story of Tibert's being sent to bring Reynard into the court breaks off here just as it gets interesting. We hear nothing of Tibert's ...
The Little Red Hen: A Tale about Cooperation
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
I include this book in the collection not because I think The Little Red Hen should be viewed as a fable but because this volume is part of a series that is labeled Famous Fables. This twenty-page children's picture book ...
The Three Little Pigs: A Tale about Working Hard
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This version of the age-old story is true to my childhood memories. There is the fine threesome of building materials: straw and rope; sticks; and bricks. There are the two repeated formulae: Not by the hair of my chinny ...
Aesop's Fables
(State Street Press: Borders Group, 2003)
Published by special arrangement with Ann Arbor Media Group. This is a sturdy, well-bound, and attractive little book that reproduces Percy Billinghurst's illustrations without acknowledgement. They come from the Bodley ...
Chicken Little: A Tale about Common Sense
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
I include this book in the collection not because I think Chicken Little should be viewed as a fable but because this volume is part of a series that is labeled Famous Fables. This twenty-page children's picture book extends ...