Item
The Lion Storyteller Book of Animal Tales
- Title
- en_US The Lion Storyteller Book of Animal Tales
- en_US Lion Children's Books
- Description
- en_US First printing
- Bob Hartman
- Creator
- en_US Hartman, Bob See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Poole, Susie
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:10:06Z
- 2023-06
- en_US 2003
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:10:06Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2003
- Abstract
- en_US The front cover proclaims "Stories old and new especially for reading aloud." I am surprised that about one-third of the 36 stories here are part of the fable tradition. Several have unusual twists, as when a lion takes the bear's place in TB (22), the beginning of the tale is different in OF (41) and GGE (48), or two crows deal with the pitcher issue in CP (110). In TMCM, the country mouse waits until the next morning to announce his departure, and the city mouse drives him home (14). Other fables presented here include FC (12); MSA (20); DW (24); TH (30); "Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch" (36); GA (46); "Rabbit and Bear Farming Together" (66); "The Mole's Bridegroom" (72); and "Cat, Mice, and Cheese" (104). MSA has a good tag-line, "That is the silliest thing I ever saw." In the end, "Big Jack" declares "The silliest thing of all is trying to make everybody happy!" (21). The art has its own style, perhaps particularly well-suited to bedtime story reading. 116 pages. Almost 9" square.
- Identifier
- en_US 13446 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Lion Hudson Pic
- en_US Oxford, England
- Subject
- Aesop and others See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books