As I wrote of an earlier reprinting, there was a spate of reprintings of Detmold's "The Fables of Aesop" about the time that the copyright on his 1909 edition ran out. Our collection includes copies from the original ...

This book is a cousin of the 2009 book "Usborne Animal Stories for Little Children." It contains one story from there. This book is smaller in format, 8" x 8" rather than 10" x 10". Where that book had two fables among ...

Here is a square paperback 8½" on a side containing twenty fables, as the beginning T of C makes clear. The front cover features a dramatic head-shot of an elephant with a blue eye, while the back cover features many ...

Eight fables, with a T of C at the book's end. The author and artist take good liberties with the fables. In BC, the cat catches seven mice with one paw. Moral: "Fácil es abrir la boca. Difícil, hacer las cosas." Wolf ...

Here is a fourth printing of this surprisingly engaging book, of which we also have a first printing. Fifteen fables are well thought through, well written, and beautifully illustrated, all using plants and animals related ...

Aesop and his stories keep generating lively things. In this case, the fables have inspired a happy poet to retell forty fables and then transform his story into poetry. The author concludes a little essay on Aesop this ...

This is another strong, large fables book for children. The illustrations are simple, good for children's literature. Most fables have stated morals. Continuing pages surprisingly repeat the title of the fable. MSA ...

Here is a nice reproduction of G.F. Townsend's "Three Hundred Aesop's Fables" of 1880, published then by George Routledge and Sons and including, now as then, fifty of Harrison Weir's illustrations. This reproduction is ...

What a delightful discovery! I have had this book for over six months and now at last have a chance to look into it. IL would say that Prof. Hadavas is a kindred spirit. He obviously likes fables! For the 34 fables ...

Here is one of a series of twenty-seven. Each booklet of sixteen pages contains three fables. The title-fable features a whale who wants to fly. After Juanita gets despondent, her mother figures out a way for Juanita ...