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La Grulla sabia
(Sigmar, 2011)
"This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½" x 6½". There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This version features "Tia Grulla," who gives people wise advice, especially when they are hurting. She, like the other ...
El Cuervo sediento
(Sigmar, 2011)
"This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½" x 6½". There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This version spends four pages to describe this crow's flights and his visits to friends and his eating of a lot of berries. ...
The Nun's Priest's Tale of Chaucer
(Allen and Richard Lane, 1950)
This is a beautiful limited edition book. It impresses me particularly for its title-page art: a glorious presentation of the two main characters in red, gold, and black. The flutter of feathers around the title is perfect ...
El ratón de campo y el ratón de ciudad: Fabula de Babrio
(La Galera, SAU Editorial, 2007)
"Here is one of three books in a series that includes "manualidades" -- handicrafts generally -- and a scissors on the cover of each book. The "handicraft" consists in cutting out parts for and then assembling a representation ...
La cigarra y la hormiga: Fabula de Babrio
(La Galera, SAU Editorial, 2007)
"Here is one of three books in a series that includes "manualidades" -- handicrafts generally -- and a scissors on the cover of each book. The "handicraft" consists in fashioning a representation of each of the characters. ...
El león y el mosquito: Fábula de Esopo
(La Galera, SAU Editorial, 2007)
"Here is one of three books in a series that includes "manualidades" -- handicrafts -- and a scissors on the cover of each book. The "handicraft" consists in fashioning a representation of each of the characters. This ...
7 Blinde Mäuse
(Altberliner Verlag in der Baumhaus Buchverlag, 2004)
This book replicates in German Seven Blind Mice, which was first published in English by Philomel Books: Putnam & Grosset. I have the 1993 edition by Scholastic. It seems to have first appeared in German as a 1995 copyright ...
The Ant and the Grasshopper: An Animal Fable
(Knight BooksKnight: Brockhampton Press, 1974)
This English version uses the pictures one can find in Mes Fables d'Animaux by Touret in Milan. I had guessed for that larger hardbound book of six stories a date of 1975. This 24-page pamphlet uses the illustrations ...
Der Wettlauf zwischen Hase und Swinegel
(Rütten & Loening Verlag, 1935)
Here is the second lovely rendition of this beloved story that I found in one visit to Antiquariat Ihring. This version, like the other from Hübener Verlag in 1947, places the race on the Buxtehuder Heide (22). The special ...
Der Wettlauf zwischen dem Igel und dem Hasen auf der kleinen Heide bei Buxtehude
(Hermann Hübener Verlag, 1947)
Is this famous story of the race between the hare and the hedgehog a fable? I admit that the charm of this booklet made me say yes for now, at least to including the booklet in the collection. This is hedgehog life as ...