Gillie and the Flattering Fox

Title

en_US Gillie and the Flattering Fox

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Adapted by Lisl Weil

Creator

en_US Weil, Lisl See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Weil, Lisl

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:00Z

en_US 2001-05

en_US 1978

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:00Z

Date Issued

en_US 1978

Abstract

en_US Here is a pleasant adaptation for children of the Chanticleer story. The proud rooster here lives in Italy with Carlo the Cat and Giovanni the Goat. Seven admiring hens live down the road. The fox disguises himself first as a bringer of an invitation to sing from the King of Dacar. Gillie believes immediately, comes down, and is grasped by the fox--but Carlo and Giovanni are home and attack the fox. Gillie is saved. The next day a kindly lady appears as Gillie sings again atop the house. She praises his voice but says he needs her magic cookies to make his feathers shine like gold. Gillie comes down again and is carried off. Carlo and Giovanni are away at market. But the hens shake sand from their feathers into the fox's eyes and flap their wings around his head. The fox not only releases Gillie; he also falls down the hill to his death. Gillie's friends stuff the fox as a reminder for Gillie not to trust flatterers. With that moral, I believe, the story cinches belonging to the fable family. For one look at Weil's playful art, try the second-to-last illustration showing the party after Gillie's rescue. This book once belonged to the Roanoke County Public Library. It has received extensive use in its day!

Identifier

en_US lib. bdg.

en_US 4155 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79479

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Atheneum

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.W4 Gi 1978 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