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The Very Best of Aesop's Fables


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No. of pages 64

Published: 2010

Great for age 5-12 years

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An entertaining selection of these classic animal tall tales! Aesops Fables are among the oldest and best-loved stories in the world. This entertaining selection contains The Hare and the Tortoise, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and eight other favourite fables retold with all the fun of the originals, but without the morals!

 

 

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Walker Books Ltd .

Margaret Clark is an award-winning author of more than a hundred books of fiction for children and young adults. 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. Charlotte Voake is an internationally acclaimed children's author and artist. She studied art history but always wanted to be an illustrator. She recently won the Smarties Silver Medal Award for her picture book, The Pizza Kitten.

 

Bright as new paint... Clear, snappy and sharp, yet retains all the elegance and point of the originals. Delicately illustrated by the inimitable Charlotte Voake. * The Sunday Times *

 

The illustrations perfectly complement the text... Delicious and funny drawings. * The Sunday Telegraph *

 

Perfectly retold for a younger audience. * The Bookseller *