Brian Wildsmith's Favourite Fables
Author(s): Brian Wildsmith
Kids' Classics (fairy tales, poetry etc)
A lovely collection of five well-loved fables for parents and children to share.
Here are five of the best-loved fables of La Fontaine simply retold and sumptuously illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, an internationally acclaimed picture-book writer and artist. We meet a boastful hare as he challenges a slow-and-steady tortoise to a race. We see how a bag of coins threatens to rob a simple shoemaker of his happiness. We discover that the Sun's gentle warmth is more than a match for the North Wind's bluster. We join a miller, a boy, and a donkey on their eventful journey. And we witness a little rat's kindness and courage in helping a mighty lion. These are lovely stories, simply told and sumptuously illustrated, for adults to share with children over and over again. The five fables are:
- The Hare and the Tortoise
- The Rich Man and the Shoemaker
- The North wind and the Sun
- The Miller, the Boy and the Donkey
- The Lion and the Rat
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.682
- : 01 October 2008
- : 276mm X 219mm X 12mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Brian Wildsmith
- : Paperback
- : 823.914
- : 160
- : in full colour