The Ox and the Frog: Fable by Jean de la Fontaine
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La Fontaine, Jean de
Lewis, Ann
Peters, Paerl
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1955 , 1955?
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Here is the English version of a booklet I already have in French from the same publisher and artist and similarly listed under 1955? Like the other books in this series, this book builds off of a fascinating concept: a second, longer story echoes the lesson of the fable. Here that story is The Giant and the Dwarf. The dwarf gets angry when his friend the giant announces that he will have something surprising to offer at the town festival. The giant jumps gracefully from a tower. The jealous dwarf tries to jump down from the roof of a house but plummets like a rock and is seriously hurt. The last illustration is a nice detail from the festival picture. The picture for the fable itself is very good: the bull cries over the exploded frog. The two had been walking to market. The bull himself gives the laughing advice to the frog to blow harder. This is the second English copy I have found of the eight booklets in the English series. Mulder on the cover of the French booklet and of this version is also Mulder & Zoon on the title-page here. The title-page there offered only Albums du Gai Moulin, of which there is no mention here.
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Mulder & Zoon
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6455 (Access ID)