Livre de Fables Offert par les Grand Magasins Sigrand & Cie.

Abstract

Sigrand & Cie seems to have existed from 1928 to 1968. This attractive pamphlet of eight pages has three fables: The Spoiled Grape; The Dead Bird; and Soup. These are followed by an alphabet. The first fable teaches, somewhat heavy-handedly, that bad companions spoil the good. The second proclaims loud and clear Take care of your parents! La Soupe teaches Love whatever people give you, only to get the answer from a child Do not give me what I do not love! J. Duché offers excellent multi-colored pictures. Perhaps the best has the regretful daughter admitting to her mother that she took some sugar meant for the bird who has just died. The seller at Marché Dauphine came after me perhaps half an hour after I had finished my business with her. She has moved away from offering children's literature but then found this old treasure.