This is the first of seven strong books. The book is made to be read with the story -- English or Korean -- on the two accompanying CDs. The first thing one notices about these books is their stiff, strong pages. There ...

Nine fables in rhymed iambic tetrameter. These texts are meant to be read aloud to children. Lessie speaks warmly of family experiences with poetry read aloud. I can mostly applaud her efforts here. A number of rhymes ...

This is the second of seven strong books. The book is made to be read with the story -- English or Korean -- on the two accompanying CDs. The first thing one notices about these books is their stiff, strong pages. There ...

Here is the German version of the very good fable book published in 2010 in English by Andersen Press. As I wrote there, Testa's style remains similar to the style he showed in his 1989 Barron edition encompassing twenty ...

This is a paperback book of some 182 pages featuring, in black-and-white, Velasquez' portrait of Aesop and many of Milo Winter's illustrations. A curious fact about the book seems to be that it is already out of print, ...

Here is an extra copy of this book. The fourteen artists who each contribute one fable to this book are members of L.A. Goal, which provides services for developmentally disabled adults. I would hope that it is one of ...

Here is an extra copy of this book. This book reproduces the 1890 original version by Thomas Nelson and Sons. Pryor Publications is, in their own terms, Specialist in Facsimile Reproductions. I also have a copy of the ...

This large-format book offers twenty-six Aesopic fables with a distinctive illustration for each. The art makes abundant use of big spaces to make its good points about the fables. In twenty-four of the cases here, that ...

I have a hardbound copy of the 1967 original publication from which this paperback is reprinted. This edition adds an essay by David Hadas. Let me repeat some of my comments from that edition. This is a curious but ...

Here is an extra copy of this book. This 8½ x 11 book has a busy cover. It identifies Grades 1 through 3 as the target; proclaims Fables are natural links for building character education; and shows a variety of characters, ...