40 Fun Fables: Tales That Trick, Tickle, and Teach

Title

en_US 40 Fun Fables: Tales That Trick, Tickle, and Teach

Description

en_US Retold by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss

Creator

en_US Hamilton, Martha See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Hoffmire, Baird

Date

2016-12-01T20:16:41Z

en_US 2016-08

en_US 2015

Date Available

2016-12-01T20:16:41Z

Date Issued

en_US 2015

Abstract

en_US Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss style themselves as "Beauty and the Beast Storytellers." This book represents a good testimonial to the enduring attraction of fables. Hamilton and Weiss approach the stories as engaging storytellers. Their good renditions of the stories are complemented by helpful presentations on how these fables fulfill the requirements of Common Core State Standards. A second appendix traces, perhaps in a slightly popular manner, the sources of these stories. The forty fables are divided into groups: "Starter Stories"; "Next Step Stories"; "Challenging Stories"; and "Most Challenging Stories." In several stories the authors offer good developments beyond the original fables. For example, CJ (12) has a second phase: a boy passes by and finds the diamond a great gift for his mother. Similarly, in the story of the two stubborn goats (14) the two not only knock each other off the bridge. In the water they blame each other. New to me is "The Oyster and the Heron" (54). The cartoons are helpful, if somewhat predictable. Be careful: the source investigation at the end is based on alphabetical order, not the order of presentation in this engaging book.

Identifier

en_US 11010 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/107740

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US August House

en_US Atlanta, GA

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.H2515For 2015 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