First Graphic Readers: Aesop: The Lion and the Mouse & the Boy Who Cried Wolf
No. of pages 24
Published: 2017
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Discover two fabulous fables in accessible comic book form: find out how heroes come in all sizes in The Lion and the Mouse and the consequence of telling lies in The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
First Graphic Readers is an original approach to well known fables,for very young readers. Here are much loved, read again stories in a form proven to entice emergent readers. Beautiful artwork accompanies clear narrative text in art panels and direct speech in speech bubble, giving readers an introduction to reading in comic form. Each book contains two stories and has two different illustration styles to help differentiate the stories and give a compendium feel.
This book is part of a book series called First Graphic Readers .
This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.
There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .
Daniel Howarth is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. He lives near Exeter, with his wife and family, and works from his garden studio. Amelia Marshall also writes under the name Amelia Penn. She loves writing and has written a range of books for children from funny fairy tales to facts about sharks. She currently lives in South West London with her son and partner. Karen Wallace is a hugely successful and popular children's author, based in Herefordshire. She has written Sparks and Wonderwise titles for Franklin Watts, and has already contributed to the Hopscotch series. Anni Axworthy is a well-established illustrator of children's fiction with a plethora of styles. Anni lives in London, except when she's leading an idyllic life in a rather beautiful cottage in France. AESOP probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives grounds for thinking that he was a slave.
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