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Title
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40 Fun Fables: Tales That Trick, Tickle, and Teach
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Description
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Retold by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
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Creator
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Hamilton, Martha
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Contributor
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Hoffmire, Baird
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Date
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2016-12-01T20:16:41Z
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2016-08
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2015
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Date Available
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2016-12-01T20:16:41Z
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Date Issued
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2015
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Abstract
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Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss style themselves as "Beauty and the Beast Storytellers." This book represents a good testimonial to the enduring attraction of fables. Hamilton and Weiss approach the stories as engaging storytellers. Their good renditions of the stories are complemented by helpful presentations on how these fables fulfill the requirements of Common Core State Standards. A second appendix traces, perhaps in a slightly popular manner, the sources of these stories. The forty fables are divided into groups: "Starter Stories"; "Next Step Stories"; "Challenging Stories"; and "Most Challenging Stories." In several stories the authors offer good developments beyond the original fables. For example, CJ (12) has a second phase: a boy passes by and finds the diamond a great gift for his mother. Similarly, in the story of the two stubborn goats (14) the two not only knock each other off the bridge. In the water they blame each other. New to me is "The Oyster and the Heron" (54). The cartoons are helpful, if somewhat predictable. Be careful: the source investigation at the end is based on alphabetical order, not the order of presentation in this engaging book.
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Identifier
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11010 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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August House
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Atlanta, GA
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Subject
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PZ8.2.H2515For 2015
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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