Aesops timeless tales come to life in this bright and imaginative pop-up book, celebrating five wise and whimsical lessons, including The Tortoise and the Hare and The Little Bold Crab. Children will also enjoy creating their own fable on the last pages of this enchanting and fantastic book.
Pop-Up Aesop FROM THE PUBLISHER Inside you'll find one famous fable ("The Tortoise and the Hare") and four you may not have heard or, each one is presented as an eye-popping pop-up. You'll also find a Fable Fun page (complete with a spinner) to help you make up your own versions of Aesop's tales. Best of all, you'll meet Aesop himself. FROM THE CRITICS Kirkus Reviews Five fables, four of them not the usual chestnuts, get modern-sounding retellings-"A wolf had worked up a big appetite and was looking for a snack. . . . "-further enlivened by an array of moving eyes, nodding heads, figures that leap up as the spread opens and morals on pull-out slides. Brown conveys the generally cheery spirit here with busy, modernist scenes featuring loud colors, flat perspectives and purple animals. Introduced by a grandfatherly-looking Aesop in sandals and eyeglasses, and closing with a spinner that invites children to select animals and morals to create fables of their own, this makes a refreshing, unconventional introduction to these ancient tales, which all too often sound stodgy to modern ears. (Folktales. 5-8)
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