The Donkey Ride

Title

en_US The Donkey Ride

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Jean B. Showalter

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ungerer, Tomi

Date

2016-01-25T16:14:17Z

en_US 1995-11

en_US 1967

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:14:17Z

Date Issued

en_US 1967

Abstract

en_US I had had this book on my want-list for some years and never heard a peep about it. Then I found it sitting in the public library's cast-off store for fifty cents! Lucky me! This is a delightful book. Showalter expands the fable's details considerably. Thus the man and his son spent most of their time growing tomatoes, peas, and cucumbers. The donkey was carrying a huge load of their produce to sell; there was never a suggestion that he was to be sold himself. Ungerer takes a page to illustrate the farmer's ridiculous fears, e.g., that the son would melt in the hot sun and, later, that he would become a lonesome old man if he did not raise his son right. Colored and brown-toned pages alternate. I like the colors! Some pencil marks on the pre-title page.

Identifier

en_US 2168 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77727

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Doubleday

en_US Garden City, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.S45 Do 1967 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole