Aesop's fables / Beverley Naidoo ; Piet Grobler.

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Here are 16 of Aesop's wise, witty and timeless fables, portrayed for the first time in an African setting. This is an exciting new interpretation of one of the world's great classics. This unique story collection is vividly illustrated by Beverley Naidoo's fellow South African Piet Grobler, an inte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naidoo, Beverley
Other Authors: Grobler, Piet (Illustrator), Aesop
Language:English
Published: London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2011.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Fables > Adaptations.
Children's stories.
Fables.
Folklore.
Folklore > Africa.
JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations.
Genre:
Adaptations.
JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Adaptations.
Physical Description:48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The old lion
  • The eagle and the tortoise
  • The dog, the cock and the jackal
  • The mosquito and the lion
  • The rinkhals and the snake-eagle
  • The jackal and the klipspringer
  • The lion and the warthog
  • The donkey, the jackal and the lion
  • The cat and the mice
  • The monkey and the fishermen
  • The farmer and his children
  • The farmer and the jackal
  • The kudu at the waterhole
  • The tamboti and the reeds
  • The grasshopper and the ants
  • The lion and the mouse.