Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Adapted by Lucy Kincaid

Creator

en_US Guile, Gill

Contributor

en_US Guile, Gill

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:52Z

en_US 1999-06

en_US 1997

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:52Z

Date Issued

en_US 1997

Abstract

en_US Nineteen fables done in typical Brimax style: the book is almost 9 x 12 and is characterized by lively, colorful art--though here regularly in panels at the top and bottom of the page in the typical two-page layout given to each fable. Further, there are good border designs specific to each fable at the top and bottom of each page. BW (8) has the boy shouting three times, and the third time the wolf kills all the sheep. Then the boy confronts the villagers and gets the answer that they could not know when he meant what he said. In LM, the mouse has run over the lion's tail, and the lion has caught the mouse by the tail. WSC (18) is among the most successful visually: there really is little wolf to see here except his large nose and teeth! The fox stuck inside the tree (21) has been able to worm his legs out but cannot get further. The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat (22) offers good descriptions of both sides' tactics in the war; the bat changes sides many times and is always on the winning side. At the end he claims that he should be king, but they chase him from their kingdom. The beetle lays mud in the lap of Jupiter while he holds the eagle's eggs (33). At the end of the baby contest, Jupiter awards no prize at all because seeing the monkey has taught him that every baby is beautiful to its mother (35). The mother frog in OF gets to be as big as a pumpkin before she bursts (42). A signature ladybug gets into almost every illustration; when she does not appear, look for her instead in the border design. I like this book!

Identifier

en_US 1858545730

en_US 3376 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78752

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Brimax Books Ltd

en_US Newmarket, England

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.K56 Ae 1997

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole