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Fables | 
| Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 18374
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 7.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 0064430464
EAN: 9780064430463
ASIN: 0064430464
Publication Date: September 7, 1983
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Product Description
`Short, original fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of animals. . . . The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.' —Association of Library Service to Children, ALA. Winner, 1981 Caldecott Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1980 (ALA)
1981 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1980 (NYT)
Children's Books of 1980 (Library of Congress)
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 Fanciful, pleasant and concise fables! June 18, 1998
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
My eight year old daughter came home from school with this book and proceeded to read many of the stories out loud (to me and to anyone else who would listen). The book has wonderful illustrations and each of the stories is brief and concise yet, entertaining. My daughter was eager to own the book and begged for me to buy it for her. At the end of each story is a one sentence 'moral' which helps focus the reader and helps her pay attention to the meaning of the fable.
Original fables that children will love. May 18, 1999
R. D. Allison (dallison@biochem.med.ufl.edu) (Gainesville, Florida, USA)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
This children's book consists of twenty original fables containing animal characters (just as in Aesop's fables) with a moral at the end of each: for example, "Knowledge will not always take the place of simple observation." The book won the 1981 Caldecott Medal for best illustration in a book for children.
Fun Change January 13, 2008
Dr. Joan E. Aitken (Kansas City, MO United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Middle elementary school.
I cannot remember a single one of these fables, which is because Lobel created them. They are fun with unexpected twists and wonderful morals.
Per usual, Lobel has superb, interesting, expressive, and fun illustrations. There is one illustration for each fable.
WELL WRITTEN LITTLE COLLECTION - WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS October 1, 2007
D. Blankenship (The Ozarks)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a collection of twenty short, simply written fables. Each is crafted to make a moral point, The author is droll and funny. Children can read this one or have it read to them and actually get the point. The adult reading the book can enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humor. Both adult and child can enjoy the wonderful illustrations. Now you might take note here. I suspect that those adults that take themselves too seriously may not appreciate this work as much as those that do not. The points the story makes could make some uncomfortable as it does point out the foibles that many of us have. I really did not have that problems as I am well aware of my flaws and certainly do not take myself all that seriously. This is a great book to read to the kids and certainly leaves room for much discussion.
One of my FAVORITE books as a child February 28, 2008
MerCat (CA, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm 21, going on 22 in April, but this was always one of my favorite books (next to Shel Silverstein's Where The Sidewalk Ends). My favorite was Cat and His Visions. My mother would read it slowly and deliberately, licking her chops like the cat would. I noticed that there was also a note in the discussions area that someone's child had nightmares - I ALWAYS had nightmares, but THIS BOOK MADE ME WANT TO FALL ASLEEP BECAUSE I LAUGHED SO HARD that it made me sleepy! I wish I had been able to dream about the cat and his fish - but then again, we had two cats at my house. We actually had a house fire and our two cats died in '98 or '99, but I still have great memories of laying on my bed with my mom, sister, and our kitties, reading fables. And I honestly think I'm a better person because of the lessons that are taught - I always was read Aesop's fables in school to the point where I was almost sick of them, so having this and Shel's book were wonderful, wonderful.
And for any of you parents out there, YES, IT DOES MATTER IF YOU ARE DRAMATIC with the reading. You may be too embarrassed now, and you may be again when your kids are older, but from the time they're born to the time they are about 12, go for the gushy stuff - yes, it's crazy to think of MY mother acting like THAT, or hugging me or anything, but deep down it makes me so happy. Just don't suffocate the kids! ;)
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