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Title
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50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales Collected from Around the World
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Retold by Tom Baker
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Creator
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Baker, Tom
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Contributor
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McCallum, Brenda
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Date
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2017-05-15T20:34:03Z
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2017-01
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2016
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Date Available
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2017-05-15T20:34:03Z
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Date Issued
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2016
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Abstract
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This is a collection strong on engaging stories. Fables make up perhaps 80% or 90% of the book. The designs along the way are not remarkable. That could be a cheese dropping from the crow's beak toward the fox below on the cover; both have red in their eyes. Some stories are new to me, like "The Priest and the Robber" (21). Some have a good deal of magic, like "The Boy's Toe Bone" (19). I am happy to see "Stone Soup" included in a book like this (27). One seldom sees "The Green Jackass" (13). "The Jackal and the Elephant's Carcass" (52) is a strong fable, new to me. The greedy jackal gets caught inside an elephant carcass! The stories are well told. If one wanted to give a contemporary little collection of well-told tales, including fables, this would surely be a book to consider.
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Identifier
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0764351974; ISBN-13: 978-0764351976
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11203 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
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Atglen, PA
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Subject
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GR74.B35 2016
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Aesop and others
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole