The Swallow and the Eagle

Title

en_US The Swallow and the Eagle

Description

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Tagalog

en_US Original language: eng

en_US First edition, first printing

en_US Boots S.A. Pastor

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Illustrated by Jason Moss

Date

2016-01-25T19:13:20Z

en_US 2003-08

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:13:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US The presentation in this large-format pamphlet is playful, starting right from the scowl on the eagle's face on the front cover. Most of the sixteen pages are parts of two-page spreads including left and right hand pages. English and Tagalog are on the right. The wager is not about climbing higher than others but about speed in reaching a distant goal. The swallow, who has noticed that it will rain soon, urges the eagle to make the race more exciting. The swallow proposes that each will carry a load, the eagle namely a bundle of cotton and the swallow some salt. When the rain comes, the eagle, whose cotton bundle is getting wet, flies slower and slower. The swallow's salt of course melts away with the rain. The swallow wins and the eagle stops bragging. There is a simple maze on the activity page: the crow is trying to get to a worm. The inside back-cover contains two punch-out birds. A simple illustration shows how to let them slide down along a gradually inclined string. This book is apparently one of six in the set.

Identifier

en_US 9715180426 (pbk.)

en_US 4634 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80286

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Lampara Books

en_US Manila

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.P367 Sw 2003 See all items with this value

en_US One Fable See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole