Synopses & Reviews
Here's Aesop with a difference
Storyteller and playwright, Vivian French brings an original voice to these clever and accessible retellings of the famous Greek tales. From the boy who cries wolf to shake up his dull day to the mouse who tells the lion "I will chew right through/All the ropes/Until you are free/Like me", the tricks and foibles of Aesop's best-loved characters are captured here as never before. Add to this the wild inventiveness and rich detail of Korky Paul's illustrations and you end up with the funkiest fables around!
Table of Contents
The fox and the crow -- The boy who cried wolf -- The lion and the mouse -- The fox and the stork -- The hare and the tortoise -- The jackdaw and the pigeons -- The dog and the bone -- The bat, the bramble and the cormorant -- The wolf and the crane -- The traveller and the bear.