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The Children's Aesop
Selected Fables
By Calmenson, Stephanie & Byrd, Robert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-56397-041-2
- Publisher
- Boyds Mills Press
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1992
PreS-Gr 2 A collection of 28 fables saddled with uneven retellings and seriously misguided layout. Unnecessary details have been added to what are typically compact, cohesive life lessons. Readers are privy to the inner thoughts of both the Hare and the Tortoise; likewise to Crow's conversation with herself as she raises the water level in the pitcher. Besides belaboring the point of each story, the approach is also condescending--Aesop has survived not because readers know his charact...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
