Twelve Tales from Aesop: Retold and Illustrated by Eric Carle
by Aesop and Eric Carle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/G+
- ISBN 10
- 0399207538
- ISBN 13
- 9780399207532
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
From the d.j.: "Aesop, so it is said, was a slave who lived in Greece about 2,500 years ago. Since it is not easy for a slave to speak directly about the things that are on his mind, he invented sly, witty, and indirect but meaningful fables. If you read or listen carefully, you will realize that the animals in his stories are really people in disguise, and that each tale contains a piece of good advice--a sort of hidden message from Aesop. Though they have been changed, retold, and added onto many, many times over the years, these classic fables have never lost their wisdom. Now Eric Carle has chosen twelve of his favorite tales and retold them in a simple manner to make them accessible to the very youngest readers or listeners. His brilliant illustrations, which combine collage with gouache and crayon, are filled with details that will enrich the child's enjoyment of the fables, while adding an element of wry social commentary that Aesop himself would have enjoyed." Uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 544SB
- Title
- Twelve Tales from Aesop:
- Author
- Aesop and Eric Carle
- Format/Binding
- Glossy pictorial boards with Black lettering on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399207538
- ISBN 13
- 9780399207532
- Publisher
- Philomel Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- Unpaginated (29)
- Size
- 4 to.
- Keywords
- D. J. Good+ only, with some staining around the edges; price-clipped, and with a taped tear right across Carle's face on the back flap.
Terms of Sale
Stillman Books
About the Seller
Stillman Books
About Stillman Books
children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.
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