This striking new interpretation of the classic, with its delightful, quirky illustrations, brings the moral tales of Aesop to life for young readers
More than a dozen of Aesop’s fables are brought to dazzling new light in this exquisite edition by Ayano Imai. Including fables such as “The Kid and the Wolf,” “The Ox and the Frog,” and “The Fox and the Grapes,” among others, the tales are each given a unique charm through the superb illustrations.
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Ayano Imai is the illustrator of The 108th Sheep, Chester, Puss in Boots, and The Town Mouse and Country Mouse. She studied Japanese painting, with a focus on mineral pigment painting, at Musashino Art University in Tokyo.
K-Gr 3—The wall-calendar-type layout successfully showcases the illustrations of this offbeat adaptation of Aesop's fables. Each spread's featured image is rendered in the surreal style, combined with realistic and playful depictions of animal protagonists. The simple, straightforward text is enhanced by small figures that echo the introductory scene. The pictures are humorous, but sometimes at odds with the story. For example, the country and town mice dine on oats and barleycorns and then on "the remains of a feast-cakes, jellies and wonderful-smellingcheeses," but their sparse table only displays a soup bowl. The tales fold the morals into the concluding sentence, as in the story "The Dog and His Shadow": "So he snapped at the shadow in the water but as he opened his mouth his piece of meat fell out and dropped in the water and he saw it no more." Some of these endings fall a bit flat, but the prose will work for reading aloud, and the absurd, funny pictures add dimension to the short narratives that will appeal to some readers. An additional purchase for collections with varied editions of Aesop's tales.—Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Imai, Ayano (illustrator). Hong Kong. Minedition/Michael Neugbaeur Publishing Ltd. 2013. First Edition/First Printing in this edition (full number line including 1 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Post 4to 10" x 8" [25.4cm x 20cm] approx. See photographs for contents list. Matt illustrated boards by Ayano Imai who has beautifully illustrated the text throughout. This striking new interpretation of the classic, with its delightful, quirky illustrations, brings the moral tales of Aesop to life for young readers More than a dozen of Aesop's fables are brought to dazzling new light in this exquisite edition by Ayano Imai. Including fables such as The Kid and the Wolf, The Ox and the Frog, and The Fox and the Grapes, among others, the tales are each given a unique charm through the superb illustrations. Seller Inventory # 2309APR009
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