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K-3
Illustrated by
Bert Kitchen.
Bert Kitchen's acclaimed animal studies are showcased in this large-format collection of mostly familiar fables. Orgel's retellings, pithy and distinctively voiced, lack the concluding proverbs, which may worry those who prefer a moral tacked on to the end but which allows young listeners to come to their own conclusions. Each double-page spread is accompanied by a (frequently irrelevant) boxed fact about Aesop.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2001