It's amazing how many of these very short tales have ingrained themselves so deep into our psyche as a society. While reading, you will be constantly surprised when a story pops up that you've always been familiar with, but were never really sure where it came from. For centuries, these simple stori...
Tales with moral endings. Preparing those for the hard world. Each story has some familiar stories like Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf. (Those are not the actual titles of the stories in the book) There are quite a few I did not know of like The Dolphin and The Lion which is ...
Collections of these short tales with a moral were among the very first works--after the Bible--to be published on the printing press. It's amazing how many catch phrases come from these fables: Honesty is the best policy. Don't count your chickens before they've hatched. Look before you leap. Aesop...
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown: I like Peter Brown’s books a lot, and his new one has a nice storyline that has a message without feeling too preachy. I also liked the artwork, which seemed a little Klassen-y (I mean that in the best way). Ike’s Incredible Ink by Brianne Farley: A story of cre...
Translations and, more particularly, illustrations, can be all over the map. My rating is for the writer Aesop, naturally, and not necessarily this edition.Fascinating trivia: Socrates was working on a musical version of Aesop's fables when he killed himself.
As Naidoo notes in her introductory letter to the reader, Aesop’s fables aren’t like European fairy tales, with endings where everyone lives happily ever after. Instead, Aesop’s fables are African, with real life consequences. This is a delightful collection full of familiar stories, tweaked to make...
Illustrated by Jacob Lawrence! The amazing painter Jacob Lawrence? Yes, him! Well, it was all right. I like him better when he's working big and colorful, though.
The hare bets he can win, for he's no carapaceBut it takes more than arrogance to win a raceIf the fox the crow can flatterHe will stalk off full, and fatterThe grasshopper who works and saves suppliesOutwits the foolish ant who plays, then diesEarly sighted swallow foretells a false spring,A spendt...
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