The Fox and the Crow
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Subramaniam, Manrasi
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2014
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This is a large-format book, about 12" x 11". The crow is pictured on the cover over the fox with something in his beak. Like the book itself, the art is big. The first image is a double-page image showing crows gathering on wires at dusk. But a wafting scent gives our crow pause. A bakery distinguishes itself in the lower foreground beneath the wires. With only one word to announce it, the second pair of images shows the theft and the "Thief!" The next two pages have just one statement: "Bread is best eaten by twilight." This is a creative approach to this standard tale. The next pair of pages introduces the fox and his "eyes glittering dangerously from the dark edges of the woods." The next pair of pages disorients us by changing the viewpoint by 90 degrees. Make the book into a long portrait -- page over page -- and we can look down from treetop on the crow and the wily fox beneath. "She always sneaks." In the next pair of pages, "Their eyes meet, a challenge is spoken." Fox sings, and crow must sing back. "From mouth to mouth -- a song and a piece of bread." The last image has crow flying away: "A new day breaks. An old hunger aches." This book is an example of how to tell an old fable in a fresh way. Well done!
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Karadi Tales Company
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10623 (Access ID)