Aesop's Fables

by SaviourPirotta (Author), RichardJohnson (Illustrator)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $7.83

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $4.67

  This collection of eight fables brings Ancient Greece to life. The stories are retold with introductions that tell the reader all about Aesop's life as a slave and a storyteller, and explain the inspiration that lies behind his best-loved tales. Glorious illustrations by Richard Johnson compliment Saviour Pirotta's warm and lively style, making this a collection to treasure. It includes stories such as: The Cat's Bell ; The Dog and the Wolf ; The Lion and the Mouse ; The Goose who Laid the Golden Egg ; The Fox and the Crane ; The Tortoise and the Hare ; The Frogs who Asked for a King ; and The Jay and the Peacocks .

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $4.92

  Have you heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? Aesop's Fables is a collection of eight entertaining fables, retold with a difference. Saviour Pirotta's clever, imaginative reworkings of these classic tales bring ancient Greece and the character of Aesop, the freedslave-turned-master-storyteller, vividly to life. Aesop himself tells the reader all about his life as a slave and as a storyteller, and explains the events that inspired his best-loved tales. These fables, gloriously illustrated by Richard Johnson, remain just as relevant today as they were hundreds of years ago.