"This brightly colored book uses six chapters for its single fable. The fable is a traditional one that includes several elements: that desperate victims should not be trusted; that human beings treat animals and plants ...

About seven years earlier, Toni and Slade Morrison did three books of fables for Scribner's, all beginning with the question Who's Got Game? Their artist in all three of those was Pascal LeMaitre. Now here is a new ...

This is a fine reader for little kids beginning their reading of stories. Rabbit goes by foot, while Turtle takes the bus. Rabbit's big mistake is stopping for a snack along the way, perhaps because he sees that the bus ...

I visited Heidelberg early and late in this trip to Europe. During the early stop, I came by Hassbecker's but found nothing. The woman who has always been so friendly and helpful said that she would look for me and that ...

This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This version of the story is curious. I had trouble at first telling in the pictures which animal was guard-dog and which ...

This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. In this version, the two mice are clothed. Both are clothed in human fashion, and the country mouse has a natty plaid cap. ...

This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. In this version, the tortoise enjoys walks in order to admire the flowers and birds. Both characters have human clothes. ...

This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. This is a lively version of the story, including demonstration of several of the fox's tricks. In the end, the fox survives ...

This is a 16-page pamphlet 4½ x 6½. There is one sentence of the story and one image per page. In this version, the chick has no mercy on the worm but rather devours it -- and then asks for mercy from the birdcatcher. ...

Here is an extra copy of this book. 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 ...