Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Date Published: 2008-09-19
ISBN-13:9780486467702ISBN:0486467708
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"Continuing my Aesop project, I recently picked up a copy of Milo Winter's classic collection, originally published in 1919. With 146 fables, and at least one color illustration per page, The Aesop for Children has long been the edition against which all others are judged. Part of the so-called "golden age" of children's illustration, Winter worked on many children's classics in the early years of the twentieth century, but it is primarily this book for which he is remembered.
The reader will encounter many old favorites here, from The Fox and the Grapes to The Hare and the Tortoise, as well as many less well-known selections. The language is charming and old-fashioned, although the effect can be disconcerting. Winter seems inordinately fond of the adjective "miry" - I lost count of the number of "miry roads" encountered in his text - and uses "ass" (meaning donkey) frequently. His moral interpretation of the fables can also feel somewhat heavy-handed and dated.
However that may be, the fables themselves are as entertaining as ever, and Winter's illustrations are the ideal complement for them. His animal depictions are simply marvelous - simultaneously realistic and emotionally expressive."
"I'd always wanted to own a good collection of Aesop's fables. I chose this one because of the really gorgeous artwork that accompanies each fable. The colors the artist uses are wonderful, and create a gentle, old-fashioned effect. The fables themselves are always fun to re-read, and the 'moral of the story' is as pertinent now as it ever was in Aesop's day."
"How do I love thee, Milo Winter? Let me count the ways.
1. The illustrations are fantastic. Almost every fable has a picture be it small or large enough to fill the page.
2. Excellent retelling of the fables. Not dumbed down in any way. The language is fairly challenging, but my 5 and 6 year olds understood it without difficulty. I did edit the word "a*s" and said donkey. While I have no problem with the word used in this context it just wasn't a word I wanted them repeating over and over again. At the beginning of the book I explained that "a*s" meant donkey, but that a lot of people used it as a bad word now and they were totally fine with it.
3. They BEGGED me to read it every day. We read 2 pages a day and loved every minute of it.
4. When we finished they wanted to start over again.
5. They loved it so much they wanted to buy it for all their cousins for Christmas.
I looked through several different books of Aesop's Fables and I liked this one the best.
Well worth your time to read these with your children. I'm looking forward to reading it with the last two kids."
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