Item
Yo, Aesop! Get a Load of These Fables
- Title
- en_US Yo, Aesop! Get a Load of These Fables
- en_US Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- 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 Paul Rosenthal
- Creator
- en_US Rosenthal, Paul See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Rosenthal, Marc
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:19:28Z
- en_US 1998-06
- en_US 1998
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:19:28Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1998
- Abstract
- en_US The liveliness of this book begins from the front cover's pictures of the traditional fox, grasshopper, and lion with these comments respectively: Won't find him here…not in this book…nope. It continues through Meet Mr. Aesop, which includes the comment that Aesop and Croesus used to wander the countryside challenging people to spell their names (viii). The nine fables handle traditional fable themes in highly contemporary ways. For their subjects they take such as Feathers, Frisbees, & Flying Salami (1). After each fable there is a note of protest or comment from Aesop. Of course, these parodies end up teaching an Aesopic kind of wisdom. An example is A Dog's Life (13), in which a flea turns out to be a big friend. A touch of The Stinky Cheese Man comes when a sheep wanders into Of Mice and Boys (25). The tortoise ends up running against a wolf in tortoise's clothing in Bad Hare Day (38). The book's worst of several puns forms the climax of Sticky Situations (43): The fly was un-Zipped. The book is full of delightful wit!
- Identifier
- en_US 0689801009
- en_US 2861 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- en_US New York
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.2.R65 Yo 1998 See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books