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A Donkey in Lion's Disguise/A Wolf and a Lamb/The Bear and the Travelers
(Peter Haddock, 1989)
The raccoon discovers the lion-clad donkey. The lamb needs time to digest. The moral works from the lamb, not the wolf; I think that is a bad choice. One traveler is so fat that he cannot climb the tree. Good lively ...
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 Tortoise and the Hare
(Holiday House, 1984)
Slightly larger than the identical hardbound copy from the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club.
Aesop's Fables
(Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing DivisionSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1989)
This book is identical with the Picture Book Studio edition of 1989. It changes only a few elements of design of the dust jacket, covers, and title-page. See my comments there.
The North Wind and the Sun/A Lion and a Mosquito/An Eagle and a Crow
(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. The English is sometimes a little off. The morals sometimes miss the ...
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 ...
Aesop's Fables Retold in Verse Braille
(Seedlings Braille Books for Children, 1989)
Here is a large-format spiral-bound Braille edition done from the Morrow Junior Books edition of 1988. I am delighted that Seedlings chose the Paxton version to present to their readers because Paxton, a writer of popular ...