A Sip of Aesop

Title

en_US A Sip of Aesop

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Jane Yolen

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Barbour, Karen

Date

2016-01-25T16:14:55Z

en_US 1995-11

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:14:55Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US About Aesop on the last pages mentions that over two hundred fables are attributed to Aesop, so a book of thirteen is a `sip' indeed. Each fable receives two pages with full-page artwork on each, one accompanied by the story and the other by the four-line moral. The texts of both are made up of simple rhymes. The morals' rhymes are particularly (and deliberately?) off. The best texts are probably FC (including the moral's play on words) and OF. The art may be modelled on Central American art; it is typified by bright colors, a primitive lack of perspective, and frequent butterflies. Perhaps the best illustrations are GA and OF. There are some inconsistencies and differences here. As to the former, the fox in FG finds the grapes both old and under-ripe. As to the latter, the fox does not give thought to the crane's inability to slurp soup, and the farm girl has not milk on her head but eggs in a basket.

Identifier

en_US 590478958

en_US 2293 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77851

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Blue Sky Press: Scholastic, Inc.

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.3.Y76 Si 1995 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole