Le Petit Perret des Fables 2 d'après Jean de la Fontaine: Les Fables en Couleurs
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Perret, Pierre
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1991
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I have long been fascinated by what Pierre Perret has done with the fables. After discovering his 1990 "Le Petit Perret," I found only one of the "toys" produced after his characters, the heron on his fishing boat. I also found four publications from 1994: one apparently dedicated to La Fontaine and four pamphlets presenting particular fables. I have long wondered if there was not a follow-up to "Le Petit Perret." It is thus a pleasure to find this "Petit Perret 2." By the way, finding the book inspired me to check on YouTube to see if "Les Fables Géometriques" show up there. Sure enough, thirteen of them popped right up, and I enjoyed FS, a seven-minute cartoon, three minutes of which was an introduction of the "L'Orchestre Fou," a musical crowd of geometric shapes. "Le Petit Perret 2" again presents La Fontaine's fables -- ten of them -- and the emphasis here is on color. A picture after each fable breaks down the colors involved in a geometric scene from the fable. The fox in FG has a ladder truck to try to get the grapes (26-27)! The moral asks why one would spend time on grapes full of sulfates and stuffed with seeds! A favorite of mine here is the heron out on his boat (38-43). The lobster and her daughter are the summit of geometric engineering (44-49). The two roosters are motorcyclists stopping at "ChickInn," where a gorgeous roller-skating waitress delivers burgers and fries on skates (56-61). What fun!
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Fantome: Editions Jean-Claude Lattès
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