50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales Collected from Around the World

Title

en_US 50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales Collected from Around the World

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Retold by Tom Baker

Creator

en_US Baker, Tom See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US McCallum, Brenda

Date

2017-05-15T20:34:03Z

en_US 2017-01

en_US 2016

Date Available

2017-05-15T20:34:03Z

Date Issued

en_US 2016

Abstract

en_US This is a collection strong on engaging stories. Fables make up perhaps 80% or 90% of the book. The designs along the way are not remarkable. That could be a cheese dropping from the crow's beak toward the fox below on the cover; both have red in their eyes. Some stories are new to me, like "The Priest and the Robber" (21). Some have a good deal of magic, like "The Boy's Toe Bone" (19). I am happy to see "Stone Soup" included in a book like this (27). One seldom sees "The Green Jackass" (13). "The Jackal and the Elephant's Carcass" (52) is a strong fable, new to me. The greedy jackal gets caught inside an elephant carcass! The stories are well told. If one wanted to give a contemporary little collection of well-told tales, including fables, this would surely be a book to consider.

Identifier

en_US 0764351974; ISBN-13: 978-0764351976

en_US 11203 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/113045

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.

en_US Atglen, PA

Subject

en_US GR74.B35 2016 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole