A Sip of Aesop
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Aesop
Yolen, Jane
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1995
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About Aesop on the last pages mentions that over two hundred fables are attributed to Aesop, so a book of thirteen is a `sip' indeed. Each fable receives two pages with full-page artwork on each, one accompanied by the story and the other by the four-line moral. The texts of both are made up of simple rhymes. The morals' rhymes are particularly (and deliberately?) off. The best texts are probably FC (including the moral's play on words) and OF. The art may be modelled on Central American art; it is typified by bright colors, a primitive lack of perspective, and frequent butterflies. Perhaps the best illustrations are GA and OF. There are some inconsistencies and differences here. As to the former, the fox in FG finds the grapes both old and under-ripe. As to the latter, the fox does not give thought to the crane's inability to slurp soup, and the farm girl has not milk on her head but eggs in a basket.
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The Blue Sky Press: Scholastic, Inc.
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2293 (Access ID)