Dial-A-Story Instant Guide to Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Dial-A-Story Instant Guide to Aesop's Fables

en_US Dial-A-Story Instant Guides

Description

en_US First printing

en_US Retold by Gina Phillips

Creator

en_US Phillips, Gina

Contributor

en_US Persico, F.S.

Date

2016-01-25T19:55:08Z

en_US 2005-09

en_US 1989

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:55:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 1989

Abstract

en_US This booklet is identical with the 1992 publication of the same name by Fantail: Puffin. In fact, this is the earlier version. Let me select from my comments there. This eight-inch-square book seems to be internally identical with 3 Minute Aesop's Fables, edited by Gina Phillips and illustrated by F.S. Persico. That booklet was published by Smithmark Publishers in 1992. This booklet's unusual addition is the cover inviting a young reader to dial a story. The open window on the dial shows a picture of the central characters of each fable and the page it is on. Let me include some of my comments from 3 Minute Aesop's Fables. This is a simple book of eleven fables without an index or T of C. The illustrations tend to be simple. The tortoise wears glasses, a scarf, and a derby (13). All the stories except the last get two pages. Some of the morals are cautious, like For some a safe, simple life is better than a rich life full of danger (7) and Slow and steady can win the race (12). Other morals are perceptive: Before accepting advice, it is wise to consider the source (9) and It is easier to talk about doing great deeds than it is to accomplish them (20). The dialing mechanism on this copy has become separated.

Identifier

en_US 9780026893336 (pbk.)

en_US 6555 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81877

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Checkerboard Press: Macmillan

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.P55 In 1989a

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole