Aesop and Company: With Scenes from His Legendary Life - Hardcover

Bader, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395505976 ISBN 13: 9780395505977

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1991

Synopsis

A collection of concise stories told by the Greek slave, Aesop. Includes facts and legends about his life and commentary on the timeless appeal of his fables.

About this title

About the Author:

Well known in the field of children's literature, Barbara Bader lives in Connecticut.

From Kirkus Reviews:

The author of American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within (1976), who is also a former editor of Kirkus, presents a selection from one of children's literature's most enduring sources--19 fables in succinct versions based on ancient texts. Her introduction--a history of the stories--includes a substantial amount of meaty information, yet could be read with interest by older children; she describes her concluding ``Life of Aesop'' as legend, having been accepted (in the absence of hard facts) as truth ``for centuries.'' Geisert, an etcher responsible for several elegant, comical wordless books (Pigs from A to Z, 1986), contributes carefully structured prints whose quiet style is a particularly good choice for this spare text. Setting them in his hometown--Galena, Illinois--he provides pleasing combinations of vignettes, frames, and larger illustrations and populates the rural landscape with lively creatures and overalled farmers. Minor cavil: a ``half-filled'' glass pitcher is shown with so little water in it that it is inconsistent with its later appearance, after the crow has added pebbles in order to get a drink. Still, an unusually attractive edition; Bader's informative additions are especially valuable. (Folklore. 5-11) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0395505976
• ISBN 13: 9780395505977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Geisert Arthur