Animals Talking: A Book of Fables

Title

en_US Animals Talking: A Book of Fables

en_US Read and Remember--Teaching Unit I-A

Description

en_US Written and illustrated by Ann Kirn

Creator

en_US Kirn, Ann

Contributor

en_US Bull, René

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

en_US 1996-03

en_US 1925?

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 1925?

Abstract

en_US Twenty-eight fables after a surprising appearance of frontispiece portrait of Aesop from way back in the tradition (Gheeraerts perhaps?). The first fable, The Panther and the Kid seems a strange redoing of WL (5). New to me and good is How the Monkey Found Trouble (7). Moozimoo the Wise One gave him a bag to open in a clearing, and inside the bag was a vicious dog. The Lark and Her Nest (16) has a twist that is new to me. When the children hear the farmer say that he will hire men to help cut the field,, the mother lark knows that he is serious. The talkative tortoise does not get to say any word because her travels had already come to an end when she opened her mouth to speak (19). There is here a new version of DW (20), in which the dog wants to know from the wolf why he would attack defenseless sheep. The wolf explains that the shepherd will kill the whole flock, while the wolf takes just one sheep now and then. The Hare and the Baboon (36) tells of a Tom-Sawyer-like scheme by the hare to get the baboon to help pick his monkey-nuts. If the baboon can pick a bag's worth before the hare, he can have the nuts. The hare cheats and wins by stealing from the baboon's bag and thus filling his own bag first, but then he cannot carry the overly full bag back home. So the baboon finishes filling his bag, carries it off, and enjoys it! New finally is The Monkey and the Hippo (40). The monkey learns to swim because he must to save his life. There are simple small illustrations every few fables. OF (25) has the tombstone illustration that Nelson used in other versions as well. On it is written Here lies the frog who would be as big as an ox. In fact, several illustrations of this book are shared with Nelson's Fables de la Fontaine, also dated to 1925? There are extensive questions on each fable at the back of the pamphlet. The spine has been crudely repaired.

Identifier

en_US 3975 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79315

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A53 1925

en_US Aesop and Others

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

Pamphlet