
Aesop's Fables (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
ISBN-13: 9781435163829 Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication date: 08/30/2017 Series: Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series Edition description: Bonded Leather Pages: 240 Sales rank: 6,146 Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d) Age Range: 8 - 12 Years Aesop's Fables features more than 200 fables, specially selected for young readers and beautifully illustrated with engravings and color plates by Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Ernest Griset. It includes all of the classic fables whose titles and morals have become part of our common cultural vocabulary, among them "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Dog in the Manger," and "The Fox and the Grapes." Part fairy tale, part fantasy story, part parable with a lesson to impart, each of these fables is a polished gem of storytelling craft whose luster never dulls. Aesop's Fables is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions clas