Aesop's Fables Contributor(s): Zwerger, Lisbeth (Selected by), Aesop (Concept by) |
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ISBN: 0735820686 ISBN-13: 9780735820685 Publisher: Northsouth Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This reissue of Lisbeth Zwerger's gorgeously illustrated edition features 12 Aesop favorites, from "The Fox and the Grapes" to "The Milkmaid & Her Pail." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Greek & Roman - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories |
Dewey: E |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 9.62" W x 8.52" (0.70 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This reissue of Lisbeth Zwerger's gorgeously illustrated edition features 12 Aesop favorites, from The Fox and the Grapes to The Milkmaid & Her Pail. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zwerger, Lisbeth: - Lisbeth Zwerger has been accorded nearly every prize?that can be given, including the highest international award for lifetime achievement, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal.?Since 1981 she has devoted her extraordinary talents to children's literature, to stories as charming and picturesque as her native Vienna.?Always surprising, always engaging, her artwork combines technical mastery with an insight and gentleness so rare and captivating that she has been correctly called one of the finest illustrators of the twentieth century. |