Texas Aesop's Fables

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Thirty-three classic fables have been rewritten with a Texas slant by storyteller extraordinaire David Davis. From the wisdom of the old Cherokee chief to the crafty coyote and his endless tricks, each story is told with a western twist and Texas humor.
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Overview

Thirty-three classic fables have been rewritten with a Texas slant by storyteller extraordinaire David Davis. From the wisdom of the old Cherokee chief to the crafty coyote and his endless tricks, each story is told with a western twist and Texas humor.
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School Library Journal

K-Gr 5

This collection of Aesop's fables rewritten to incorporate a Southwestern flavor may have regional appeal only as the retellings are full of unfamiliar colloquial phrases and words like "ramuda " and "vaquero." There is no glossary. The language is often stilted or cumbersome. The humorous illustrations are colorful but also somewhat static; the characters' expressions and actions appear frozen. Jerry Pinkney's Aesop Fables (SeaStar, 2000) and Brad Sneed's Aesop's Fables (Dial, 2003) are better choices.-Kirsten Cutler, Sonoma County Library, CA

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781589805699
  • Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 941,046
  • Age range: 5 - 10 Years
  • Product dimensions: 11.10 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Meet the Author

David Davis is the author of almost a dozen books with Pelican, including Jazz Cats, a 2002 Children's Book Choice selection; Librarian's Night Before Christmas; Nurse's Night Before Christmas; Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book; Texas Aesop's Fables; Texas Mother Goose; and Texas Zeke and the Longhorn. Four of his books have earned spots on the Accelerated Reader list. He resides in Fort Worth, Texas.

An illustrator at heart, Ward left years of advertising illustration, where computers had gained a firm foothold in graphics, and jumped into children's books. "It took me a long time to find myself," she says, "but I love illustrating children’s text and taking the art a few steps beyond the word, when there is an opportunity. "

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