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The Crow and the Pitcher: A Tale about Problem Solving
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2007)
Good subtitle! Yes, this fable is about problem-solving. In this version, we find ourselves in a parched desert. There is a pitcher party buried in the sand. Crow and Zebra are both thirsty. Crow realizes that tipping ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: A Tale about Telling the Truth
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This book tells the BW story unusually well. Julian's father needs to go away for three days and offers to get Julian help tending the sheep on this his first turn at the task, but the boy says that he does not need help. ...
The Grasshopper and the Ant: A Story about Planning
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This version of GA has Ant worried about fixing a leak in the roof on a clear sunny day in summer. Next Ant is knitting a blanket. The next day Grasshopper is on his way to a swim -- with goggles and beach towel -- but ...
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: A Tale about Appearances
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This story represents a transformation of the traditional Aesopic fable. First, this version develops the beginning by inserting three phases taken from two fairy tales and a fable. This wolf sees Little Red walking along ...
The Tortoise and the Hare: A Tale about Determination
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
Here is a twenty-page children's picture book that extends onto its back endpaper with tips for parents, including strategies, discussion questions, and activities that grow out of the story. The version of TH here has ...
The Rooster and the Fox: A Tale about Being Clever
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This is not the simple Aesopic fable about universal peace and a sighting of dogs in the distance. This rooster is the protector of the henhouse. The story's first phase has the rooster tricking the fox into shutting the ...
The Miller and the Donkey: A Tale about Thinking for Yourself
(Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006)
This is a favorite fable, and I am happy to see it included in this collection. Both text and illustration here are well done. The early story sets the miller up to look older than he is and to have his twelve-year-old ...
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 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 ...
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 ...