The Bremen Town Musicians: A Tale about Working Together

Title

en_US The Bremen Town Musicians: A Tale about Working Together

en_US Famous Fables

en_US FF15

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Retold by Susan Kueffner

Creator

en_US Grimm, Jacob See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Catalano, Dominic

Date

2016-01-25T20:35:56Z

en_US 2012-07

en_US 2006

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:35:56Z

Date Issued

en_US 2006

Abstract

en_US I include this book in the collection not because I think The Bremen Town Musicians should be viewed as a fable but because this volume is part of a series that is labeled Famous Fables. This twenty-page children's picture book extends onto its back endpaper with tips for parents, including strategies, discussion questions, and activities that grow out of the story. In this version, the donkey wears glasses. The donkey is going to Bremen to sing for his supper. The others respond with statements like Don't mind if I do and That's the life for me. This version also enjoys playing with the typical response of each animal, and so their statements begin with a Haw, haw! or a Doodly-doo! When they encounter the house with robbers and their treasure in it, they decide to sing for their supper perched on each other's back. The robbers perceive this discordant beast as a monster and run into the forest. A scout from the robbers returns to the house and is mishandled by the four musicians. He runs off, and the thieves never return. His mishandling is usually done more elaborately, I believe, than it is here. Now the four friends live on happily in the house. So they sang for themselves and for each other. And a fine life it was!

Identifier

en_US 9781599390390 (hardcover : alk. paper)

en_US 8947 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/84152

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Reader's Digest Young Families

en_US Pleasantville, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.F368 Br 2006 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole