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Title
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The Bremen Town Musicians: A Tale about Working Together
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Famous Fables
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FF15
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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First printing
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Retold by Susan Kueffner
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Creator
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Grimm, Jacob
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Contributor
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Catalano, Dominic
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:35:56Z
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2012-07
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2006
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:35:56Z
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Date Issued
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2006
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Abstract
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I include this book in the collection not because I think The Bremen Town Musicians should be viewed as a fable but because this volume is part of a series that is labeled Famous Fables. This twenty-page children's picture book extends onto its back endpaper with tips for parents, including strategies, discussion questions, and activities that grow out of the story. In this version, the donkey wears glasses. The donkey is going to Bremen to sing for his supper. The others respond with statements like Don't mind if I do and That's the life for me. This version also enjoys playing with the typical response of each animal, and so their statements begin with a Haw, haw! or a Doodly-doo! When they encounter the house with robbers and their treasure in it, they decide to sing for their supper perched on each other's back. The robbers perceive this discordant beast as a monster and run into the forest. A scout from the robbers returns to the house and is mishandled by the four musicians. He runs off, and the thieves never return. His mishandling is usually done more elaborately, I believe, than it is here. Now the four friends live on happily in the house. So they sang for themselves and for each other. And a fine life it was!
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Identifier
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9781599390390 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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8947 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Reader's Digest Young Families
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Pleasantville, NY
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Subject
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PZ8.2.F368 Br 2006
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One story
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole