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Title
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Classics For Young Readers, Volume 2
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Description
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Editor: John Holdren
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Creator
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Holdren, John
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Contributor
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Brooks, Scott
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:55:14Z
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2008-07
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2003
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:55:14Z
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Date Issued
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2003
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Abstract
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K12 is an organized approach to home-schooling. Here is, I believe, the first of their works that I have encountered. It is a large-format, substantial collection of pieces, perhaps for second-graders. A nice picture of Rumpelstiltskin is on the cover. Fables appear throughout the pages; the resource page near the end credits the first fable texts to Lori Burgess, whose work I do not otherwise know. Most of the black-and-white illustrations are simple and classical, in the style perhaps of someone like Richard Heighway. Fables gathered at the beginning include DS (4); GGE (6); MM (7); DW (8); FWT (10); FG (12); BW (13); and The Two Frogs (15). The Jackals and the Lion (36) usually involves a rabbit rather than jackals. The lion is tricked into jumping into a well to attack his own image. The Hound and the Hare (39) and The Lion and the Fox (40) are two more traditional fables. Mayor Rat's Niece (53) is a version of the story that involves finding the best marriage partner for the young female rat. GA (57) is done as a dialogue in two scenes. The ant gives one grain but will give no more. The Man and His Donkey (79) is MSA. They throw away the pole and drive the donkey back home, as he has been the wisest of us all today. AL is on 94. As the final pages show, these tales are adapted from standard readers from the early twentieth-century.
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Identifier
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1931728011
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6574 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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K12
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McLean, VA
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Subject
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LB1573 .C537 2003
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Collection
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole