Reviews for The Illustrated Book of Aesop's Fables

The average rating for The Illustrated Book of Aesop's Fables based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-03-01 00:00:00 Sigalit Pearl Ovani, Germano (Illustrator). The Illustrated Book of Aesop's Fables. Canada: Barron's Educational Series, 2006. This version of Aesop's fable contains amazing and appealing illustrations that were created by a group of illustrators lead by Germano Ovani. The rather robust and colorful illustrations serve well as a read-loud for ages 6-10. The fables were sectioned off into four groups each titled A fox and..., A wolf and..., A lion and..., An eagle and... The titles indicate which animal takes the lead role within the fables. The fables are written with simplicity and brevity yet effective with the illustrations to highlight the lesson or moral to the story. I read the series of fables of A lion and..., and the lion's character traits of pride, impulsiveness, ingenuine, and ravenous instinctions lead to story plots that taught the value of character traits of humbleness, sincerity, conformity, caution, and common sense. These simple collections of fables can serve as critical discussions of character building and story starters that can be extended by students.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-02-14 00:00:00 Randy Mercer As promised, the illustrations are the highlight of this collection of Aesop's fables. There are multiple illustrators, so each story is done in a somewhat different style. The animals are all expressive, however, so the human traits that Aesop ascribes to them are even more believable. It just dawned on me that the Looney Tunes characters of the coyote and the sheepdog are drawn from Aesop.