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A Mouse's Gratitude/The Foolish Tiger and the Foolish Leopard/Outsmarting the Cat
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
The mouse is spared because she has seven children. The final story (BC) has a good moral: What you cannot do yourself, do not expect others to do. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. All in this series ...
Country Mouse and Town Mouse/The Monkey King
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
Here a hunter (Black African) gets the monkey king. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. The righthand pages are full illustrations, while the left present the text with one telling symbol. The English is ...
The Hare and the Tortoise/A Foolish Miller and His Donkey
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. The righthand pages are full illustrations, while the left present the text with one telling symbol. This edition corrects the mistake of substituting lead for led on 19. ...
Ants and Grasshoppers/Three Oxen and a Lion
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
There are three grasshoppers instead of the usual one. The ant's last word is Just go on singing now. The lion--in the African savanna--gets the oxen arguing among themselves. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney ...
A Greedy Dog/The Gold Ax and the Silver Ax
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
The first story adds a small dog, from whom the meat is stolen. Good lively cartoon work in the Disney tradition. The righthand pages are full illustrations, while the left present the text with one telling symbol. The ...
The Fables of Aesop and Others with Designs on Wood
(D. Appleton & Company, 1818)
Note that this is a reprint of Bewick's later Aesopic work, not the Select Fables of 1776/1784. Comparison of this work with the 1975 Paddington reprint of the 1818 edition raises questions: this one is smaller and shows ...
Aesop's Fables [for the Children]
(Epworth Press J. Alfred Sharp,J. Alfred Sharp: the Epworth Press, 1920)
A remarkable find in very good condition. Fifty-two fables, listed in a T of C at the beginning. No numbers on the pages. Four full-color inserted pages of rather simple art ( The Cock, the Fox and the Dog on the ...
Animal Fables from Aesop
(David R. Godine, 2000)
Here is a fine paperback version of the original 1991 hardbound version, also done by Godine. Let me repeat my comments there, except to say that I had complained about the hardback cost. Now the paperback cost is less ...
Aesop's Fables
(Hallmark Editions, 1971)
Attractive. The pictures are cute, but I am not sure which I could use. The narratives are okay. The black-background frontispiece is very attractive. There are unusual colors in the TMCM illustration (4). After seeing ...
Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and Frogs.
(Young Scott Books, 1971)
First found in 1991 after years of searching! A wonderful, witty presentation combining Rees' tellings (from his earlier Fables from Aesop, 1966) and Gorey's pictures. Do not miss The Impatient Fox. There is always ...