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Title
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Aesop's Fables
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Ladybird Picture Classics
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Apparent first printing
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Retold by Ronne Randall, edited by Juli Barbato
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Creator
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Barbato, Juli
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Contributor
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Frankland, David
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:30:26Z
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1999-12
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1996
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:30:26Z
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Date Issued
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1996
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Abstract
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Ladybird has come up with a new edition; see their two old Stuart/Ayton volumes under 1974. This is a small-format stiff-covered presentation of 17 fables. I find Frankland's work here reminiscent of Milo Winter. In The Gnat and the Bull (30), I would be tempted to say that Frankland is outright copying. GA (27) may be one of the strongest illustrations. All we see of the ant's home is a hole in the midst of a huge plain of snow, with purple mountains in the background. The whole effect is appropriately stark. In BC (12), the other mice actually scurried off, found a bell, and brought it to the old mouse who had made the suggestion. It was your idea, they said, so you should bell the cat. The last line of FG (15) is He knew it wasn't true--but he wanted to believe it! The dog in DS (23) thought That bone looks even tastier than mine! and jumped into the river to grab it. He saw himself wet afterwards and realized what he had done. LM (36) has a nice moral: Friends come in all shapes and sizes. What the fox serves the stork in the picture is actually a shish-ka-bob on a flat plate (42)! Does that approach not undermine the effectiveness of the story? The dog in the manger explains If I can't eat, I don't want anyone else to eat either! (47).
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Identifier
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721456510
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3263 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Ladybird Books USA: Penguin USA
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New York
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Subject
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PZ8.2.A254 Ran 1996
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole