1840? Alphabet plate. "Aesop's Fables: The Shepherd's Boy." 5" in diameter. $29.99 Canadian from Brian Howell, Rothesay, NB, Canada through Ebay, July, '19.
Three features of this plate are remarkable. First, it is to me unclear whether the fable being pictured here is, as I suspect, BW. A wolf is making off with a sheep as a young shepherd pursues him with a staff. Secondly, this is a smaller plate than other alphabet plates I have seen – and the other alphabet plates in this collection. Thirdly, I have learned that alphabet plates were often given to a family upon the birth of a child. That custom fits with the message written on the verso of this plate: ""Grandma Talin's (?) when she was little. Nov 24, 1842 – June 10, 1924." Thank you to whoever wrote that helpful bit of history!
1890? 5 colored French cards, with golden sky and block letters, picturing scenes from La Fontaine's fables. Just under 2¾" x just under 4". One card ("Le Loup, la Mère et l'Enfant") was printed by "Alph. Barbotte, 23, rue de Cherche-Midi, Paris." For an average of 50 Francs each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, March, '01, and Annick Tilly, Clignancourt, August, '01.
These five cards all have a gold background, whether sky or wall in the individual scene. On CJ the gold has deteriorated. Two (CJ and TB) have a stamp on the picture advertising Chocolat Poulain (see my Chocolat Poulain Orange cards). The images belong to a series that appear in this collection in several places: Maison Salmon, Alcide Picard, and Verger-Haquet. The most animated and engaging of the scenes here may be that of the mother stealing her child away from the wolf, while the father prepares to shoot the animal. The backs of these cards are quite varied. TB and CJ are again alike in presenting only the fable's text, though in different formatting. TB's formatting fits with that of " L'Ours et l'Amateur des Jardin," and here again only the fable's text is offered. "Le Vieillard et les trois jeunes Hommes" has a blank verso. "Le Loup, la Mère et l'Enfant" presents a page of advertising for J. Vigreux, a hosiery dealer in Amiens. The fables in this series thus include:
Here are thirty audio cassettes packaged with the booklets shown above. See the page of booklets and the page of workbooks packaged with each. Since the cassettes are uniform in their approach, I will give one description and then list the thirty specific cassettes.
The set of materials Won includes the twenty-eight page colored booklet, a monochrome workbook, and an audio cassette. There are thirty such sets in the series. I can remember being overwhelmed when I saw them all on the wall in Kyobo; there were dozens of little kids sitting nearby dutifully reading books. The workbook has a number of activities based upon the story. Some of those activities involve the cassette. Each tape has lively musical background and good sound effects. Its first side is all in English. It first reads through the text in the colored booklet, with various native-speaker voices, and then takes up a number of the activities described in the workbook. It tells the story again completely at the end of the tape. The reverse side of the tape seems to be in Korean with a few pronunciations and spellings in English. The tapes follow the book exactly as their script. I have tried only Tapes 3 and 5 as tests.
2000 The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 1: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Fox and the Goat Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 2: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Flying Turtle Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 3: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Fox and the Crane Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 4: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Foolish Donkey Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 5: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Goose with the Golden Eggs Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Min-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 6: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Grasshopper and the Ants Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 7: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Wind and the Sun Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 8: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Lion in Love Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 9: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 10: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Monkey King Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 11: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Old Lion Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Min-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 12: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Lion and the Mouse Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Min-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 13: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Father, His Son, and Their Donkey Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 14: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Wolf and the House Dog Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 15: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 Belling the Cat Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 16: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Bear's Whisper Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 17: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Fashionable Crow Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 18: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Golden Ax Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 19: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Frog and the Ox Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 20: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Son and His Mother Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Woo-Bum. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 21: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Farmer and the Eagle Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 22: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Frog and the Mouse Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 23: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Mosquito and the Lion Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 24: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Rabbit and the Tortoise Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Chun-Jung. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 25: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Donkey in the Lion's Skin Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bak. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 26: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Farmer and His Sons Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Woo-Bum. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 27: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Dog and His Shadow Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Woo-Bum. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 28: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Lion and the Deer Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Lee Han-Joong. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 29: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
2000 The Wolf and the Crane Work-Book. Retold by Kang Yoon-Chung. Illustrated by Kim Bok-Tae. Paperbound. Seoul: The Aesop's Fables for Children 30: Tyranno English Program: Alific Language Plus.
