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Title
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Maître Aliboron
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Fables de La Fontaine a Colorier
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Var 2
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Description
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Language note: French
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Textes établis par Robert E. Llewellyn
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Simard, Jean
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:53:35Z
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2007-02
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1943
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:53:35Z
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Date Issued
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1943
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Abstract
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Here is one of a set of six coloring books from during the Second World War which I have been lucky enough to find. The book is in large format (slightly larger than 8 x 11¼) and contains three fables on 32 pages. Each fable takes nine or ten pages to tell the story in one-page segments, with a few lines of prose complementing a large black-and-white cartoon. Each fable then adds one page for La Fontaine's original verse text. The first story is SS. Its human character is Bamboula, a Black wearing a fez. His mules are Bourriquet and Bourricot. As the salt dissolves, the fish think that they are in the sea! Several men aboard a sailboat rescue the drowning man and mule. The second story here is L'Âne et le Chien. The dog Totoche wants some food out of the paniers of the ass Nicolas while their master takes a nap. The visual presentation of this story is unusual. All the characters are stuffed animals. The scene of the dead ass shows the stuffing of this stuffed animal pouring out. Nicely done! The final story here is L'Âne ete ses Maitres. This story features the title-character and front-cover subject, Aliboron. Aliboron gets his respective wishes as his employers change from gardener to tanner to coal merchant. Jupiter will not listen to his prayer this time: Curses on those asses who are never content with their daily lot!
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Identifier
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6232 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Les Éditions Variétés
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Montréal
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Subject
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PZ24.2.L595 Ma 1943
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole