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Aesop was a humble slave who lived in Greece some two and half thousand years ago, a time when Greek culture was revered throughout the ancient world. Little is known of Aesop's life, but his fables have become part of the world's heritage of wisdom. Both agreeably simple and hugely entertaining, these stories shine a light on the shortcomings and weaknesses of humankind… and provide a cautionary moral to help young listeners grow clever and wise. A perceptive retelling of 28 classic fables, full of wit and wisdom, and a book to treasure for a lifetime.
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MARGARET MCALLISTER has published children's fiction with OUP (as part of their Reading Tree series) and with Bloomsbury, for whom she was shortlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize. Her books for Lion are The Life Shop and High Crag Linn. AMANDA HALL is noted for her stylish illustrations of folk tales and legends. She is the illustrator of The Lion Day-by-Day Bible.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a superbly illustrated and entertainingly written version of 28 classic Aesop fables. The stunning drawings should not detract from the wonderfully written fables. They range from the well-known 'The Boy who cried Wolf' to the lesser-known 'The Clown and the Countryman'.
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Format:Hardcover
Lion Hudson produce some beautiful keepsake books and this is another one to treasure. Heavy shiny paper shows off the lovely illustrations to their best advantage. Each of the 28 fables is fully illustrated in a way which really brings them to life and there is an attractive box at the end of each with the fable quoted. The retellings have all the wit and wisdom of the original and read aloud really well. The well-known stories are here but there are some more unusual ones - I confess there are some I did not know and it's a delight to have some less common fables included. A lovely book to give as a gift.
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