Father Koala's Fables

Title

en_US Father Koala's Fables

Description

en_US Fourth printing

en_US Kel Richards

Creator

en_US Richards, Kel

Contributor

en_US Singleton, Glen

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:33Z

en_US 2006-10

en_US 1999

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:33Z

Date Issued

en_US 1993

Abstract

en_US There are fourteen fables here after an introductory poem that puns on tail and tale. With considerable ingenuity, Aesopic fables are adapted to the language, animals, and customs of Australia. Thus TH becomes a race between an emu and a wombat. The bandicoot replaces the fox in getting the crow's stolen booty. Instead of a fox and a goat in well, we have a goanna and a water buffalo in a waterhole. A possum disturbs a kangaroo but later saves him when he gets caught in a net. GA is played out by a frill-necked lizard and a honeybee. This version has the former learning a lesson and promising never again to eat a honeybee. New to me is The bushranger and the blue cattle dog (16). If the latter is to save the former in a rushing river, the bushranger will need to remove the coat in which he has stored his stolen gold. Dishonestly won wealth will weigh you down. A special prize goes to the transformation in Andy O'Cleary (22). Andy is an escaped convict who comes across a wounded kangaroo. In this remake of Androcles and the Lion, the kangaroo when captured is taught to box against humans. The ingenious transformations make the book a delight. The happy and even cuddly illustrations help. The back cover rightly calls them exuberant. My favorite image is that of the Swaggie on 8. Second prize for images goes to the horse-riding boy frantically crying Bushfire! on 24-25.

Identifier

en_US 9781863882149 (pbk.)

en_US 6104 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81511

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scholastic Australia

en_US Sydney

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.R524 Fa 1993

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole