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Aesop's fables / retold and illustrated by Brad Sneed.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ8.2.S56 Ae 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sneed, Brad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesop's fables--Adaptations.
- Aesop's fables.
- Fables, Greek--Adaptations.
- Fables, Greek.
- Fables.
- Folklore.
- Colored pencil drawing.
- Genre:
- Children's nonfiction.
- Fables.
- Adaptations.
- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [36] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [©2003].
- Summary:
- Retellings of fifteen fables from Aesop, including, among others, "The Stag at the Pool," "The Lion and the Mouse," and "The Vain Jackdaw."
- Contents:
- The tortoise and the eagle
- The fighting roosters and the eagle
- The fox, the rooster, and the dog
- Belling the cat
- The fox and the crow
- The crow and the pitcher
- The town mouse and the country mouse
- The lion and the mouse
- The caged bird and the bat
- The vain jackdaw
- The ant and the grasshopper
- The wolf and the crane
- The stag at the pool
- The ox and the frog
- The gnat and the bull.
- Notes:
- "Designed by Nancy R. Leo-Kelly."
- "Text set in Berthold Baskerville."
- "The artwork for this book was created with watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic on watercolor paper."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced Binding".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sneed, Brad. Aesop's fables.
- ISBN:
- 0803727518 :
- 9780803727519
- 0803730357
- 9780803730359
- OCLC:
- 50155615
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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