The Very Best of Aesop's Fables - Softcover

Margaret Clark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744589584 ISBN 13: 9780744589580

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

An entertaining selection of these classic animal tall tales! Aesop's 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!

About this title

About the Author:

Margaret Clark grew up in Darlington and studied at Oxford before entering the world of children's books. She became one of this country's most eminent editors and for sixteen years was the director of children's publishing at The Bodley Head. Charlotte Voake is one of the most acclaimed contemporary children's book illustrators. She is the author of the Silver Smarties Book Prize-winning Pizza Kittens (9780744598100) and the bestselling Ginger (9780744560350), winner of the Gold Smarties Book Prize and Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in Surrey.

Review:

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 *

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0744589584
• ISBN 13: 9780744589580
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 61