25 Fairy Tales and Fables

Title

en_US 25 Fairy Tales and Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: slo

en_US First edition

en_US Stories selection: Viera Janusova, Translation: Heather Trebaticka

Creator

en_US Janusová, Viera

Contributor

en_US Vojtasek, Alexej

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:51Z

en_US 2000-06

en_US 1988

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 1988

Abstract

en_US This is a typical Derrydale book, large in format (9½ x 12) with bright and nicely detailed art. Among the twenty-five stories, I find many that are etiological. Perhaps eight could be considered fables, but they are not well-known stories. They include: The man, the buffalo and the tiger (44), The shaggy goat and the hedgehog (49), The deer and the jaguar (63, familiar to me from somewhere), The bear and the mosquito (82), The tomcat, the cockerel and the fox (120), How the wolf went fishing (151, including a new twist after the usual frozen tail story), Why monkeys don't build houses (155), and The man and the dog (159). Among the best illustrations are those of the man covered with birch bark and leaves (72) and the tomcat enjoying life at home (123). There is a typo (birth for birch) on 72. The book has the musty smell of an old book. ©1988 Slovart Publishers, Bratislava.

Identifier

en_US 517649837

en_US 3374 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78750

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Derrydale Books

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.T86 1988

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole