Usborne Illustrated Stories from Aesop

Title

en_US Usborne Illustrated Stories from Aesop

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Retold by Susanna Davidson

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ferri, Giuliano

Date

2016-01-25T15:39:09Z

en_US 2014-11

en_US 2013

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:39:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 2013

Abstract

en_US I visited this monthly flea-market as a part of a visit with my cousin Barb, and there in the middle of the market was an Usborne representative selling books at non-flea-market prices. I have enjoyed Usborne books for a long time and was happy to find three new fable books. This is a squat edition, 6 x 7¾ with puffy covers. Its 272 pages are divided into eight categories, with three to six stories in each group. The categories are Pride, Trickery, Greed, Quarrels, Friendship, Cunning, Retorts, and Comeuppance. I tried the first several. The story versions are good and filled out nicely with picturesque details. All but TH are well thought through. Davidson has the hare deliberately nap, planning on making the race competitive when the turtle catches up near the end. The illustrations are charming and colorful. FC on 14 is a good example. The book is physically heavy. I am confused because the colophon page claims First printed in America in 2013, while the back cover says Printed in Guangdong, China.

Identifier

en_US 10367 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76351

Publisher

en_US Usborne Publishing

en_US London

Subject

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole