Jean de La Fontaine: Fables

Title

en_US Jean de La Fontaine: Fables

en_US Enfance en Poésie

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US La Fontaine

Creator

en_US Goffette, Guy See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Maja, Daniel

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:26Z

en_US 2007-06

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:26Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US This lovely little book, 6½ x 7½, is a new favorite. My affection for the book starts with the way the cover illustrations are painted onto the page as though they were stickers. These figures include the fox and crow, the frog measuring his wasteline, a stork, and a rooster. Inside there are thirteen fables. All get either one or two two-page spreads. The characters are lively! The ant rejecting the cicada has a snarling dog on a leash and a vacuum cleaner under her housewifely arm. In OF, one little frog is measuring the girth of the expanding frog, who is lying down for the experience. The second picture for WL consumes the two pages as the snarling wolf with knife in hand carries off the lamb. The hunter in AD looks back at his heel and not at the dove who is his target. In the meantime, young people row boats and swim. In UP, the cock is pointing not just to dogs but to approaching police vans. Perhaps the finest portrait of all is that of the fisherman who has caught a little fish. Second place goes to the unhappy holder of the hen that laid the golden eggs. DS lets a rabbit go leaping to the other shore while he jumps into the water after the shadow leaping gracefully. One last prize goes to the coachman struggling to get the coach uphill while a fly sits on his nose. A prolog introduces poetry, and the last two pages present La Fontaine and Maja.

Identifier

en_US 9782070552986

en_US 6413 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81738

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Gallimard Jeunesse

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.L3 Fab 2003d See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole