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La Cigale et la Fourmi
(Editorial Paneta de Agostini, 2011)
This is a curious square book presenting a Disneyesque version of GA. It seems to be the first in a collectible series of books that arrived by mail, but I cannot find records of other books in the collection. The endpapers ...
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 Grapes
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of FG. Mother fox urges son to go get food, like his brother. Fox rather believes that someone will bring him something to eat. His mother cautions that Nothing is sweeter than something you ...
The Fox and the Grapes
(The Child's World: The Peterson Publishing Company, 2011)
This title represents the third of the collection of thirteen that I have been able to find. This sturdy hard-cover book not only announces the moral of its fable on the cover but gives it the whole first story page. ...
El Lobo y el Perro
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. It closes with the question Who chose better, the dog or the wolf? The wolf goes back into the words thinking that his relative the dog will ...
El Águila y el Escarabajo
(el gato de hojalata, 2012)
This eight-page oversized (7½ x 10¾) pamphlet is dramatic from start to finish. It closes with the moral There is no small enemy. This medium uses color wonderfully to increase the dramatic effect. The pamphlet has an ...