Aesop''s Forgotten Fables

Informationen zum Autor Fiona Waters is the editorial director of the largest independent book fair company in the UK and has written more than 80 children's books, including Don't Kiss the Frog! and The Kingfisher Treasury of Princess Stories . Fulvio Testa is one of Italy's most distinguished artists and illustrators and has had many exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He has illustrated books by authors such as Anthony Burgess. The previously collaborated on Aesop's Fables . Klappentext This anthology revitalizes 40 of Aesop's lesser-known fables, such as The fisherman and his music and The vain crow. "Waters deftly adds a contemporary tone in description and dialogue to her smooth rendering of 60 familiar and less-well-known tales. . . . With its many comic touches, this anthology presents once again the humor, folly, ingenuity, and wisdom that make Aesop so durable." " --School Library Journal" on "Aesop's Fables" Zusammenfassung This anthology revitalizes forty of Aesop’s lesser-known fables, which have been rewritten by the talented anthologist, Fiona Waters, and sumptuously illustrated by renowned artist, Fulvio Testa.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Waters
• Assisted by: Fulvio Testa (Illustration)
• Publisher: Andersen Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781849397063
• ISBN: 978-1-84939-706-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 286 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Andersen Press
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas; Bilderbuch, empfohlenes Alter: ab 7 Jahre, Bilderbücher, Englische Bücher / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Englisch, Englisch / Kinderliteratur, Jugendliteratur, Kinder- u. Jugendliteratur / Kinderliteratur / Märchen, Sage, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General