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The Fox and the Hare: Russian Folktale
(Rovakada Publishing, 2010)
This is a borderline member of a fable collection. I was attracted by the book, and it is a local Bay Area product. It represents a simple story of a hare's house taken over by a fox. She had lived in a Crystal Palace ...
The Hawk and the Crow (Chinese)
(Human Cultural Enterprise Co., 2010)
This is a very pleasing series of twelve 12-page pamphlets of unusual proportions, namely just under 10 inches square. The two-page spreads here are again dramatic, from the time that the crow sees the hawk swoop down ...
The Frogs Begging for a King (Chinese)
(Human Cultural Enterprise Co., 2010)
This is a very pleasing series of twelve 12-page pamphlets of unusual proportions, namely just under 10 inches square. Lively expressiveness is the characteristic of this book and its art. A reader may not know what those ...
The Lion, the Cock and the Ass (Chinese)
(Human Cultural Enterprise Co., 2010)
This is a very pleasing series of twelve 12-page pamphlets of unusual proportions, namely just under 10 inches square. The two-page spreads here are dramatic, from the lying spying both cock and ass across the river, to ...
The Ants and the Grasshopper
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of GA. That this is a creative adaptation of the fable is clear, if not sooner, on 4-5, where the ants above ground wear hard-hats and ants working under the earth wear miners' helmets with ...
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of BW. Will Meugniot is, if anything, more expressive than the others working in this series. Typical of him are the huge number of sheep on 4-5 and the facial experssions of those sheep who ...
The Tortoise and the Hare
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of TH. The hare here is rather human and certainly aggressive. You're the slowest thing I've ever seen! he says to the tortoise. You shouldn't make fun of me, the tortoise responds. When ...
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of TMCM. The title on the book's cover spells the last two words with crooked boards to suggest the difference between country and town life. So does their clothing, starting on the cover. ...
The Lion and the Mouse
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of LM. This version is unusual in that the bored mouse sees the sleeping lion. In many versions he has no idea that he is running over a lion. The mouse decided it would be fun to surf down ...
The Fox and the Grapes
(Magic Wagon, 2010)
This is a 32-page adaptation of FG. Mother fox urges son to go get food, like his brother. Fox rather believes that someone will bring him something to eat. His mother cautions that Nothing is sweeter than something you ...