Research Catalog

Title

Aesop's fables / [illustrated by] Jacob Lawrence.

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Aesop
• Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000

Description

55 p. : ill.; c27 cm.

Summary

Originally published in 1970, an edition of Aesop's unsparing morality tales features expressive pen-and-ink illustrations by a renowned African-American artist, including five that were left out of the original edition. UP.

Uniform Title

Aesop's fables. Selections. English

Subject

• Fables, Greek > Translations into English
• Fables, Greek > Adaptations
• Fables, Greek > Illustrations

Genre/Form

• Adaptations
• Illustrated works
• Illustrated works.

Note

• Contains 23 fables, the full complement of Lawrence's illustrations, 18 of which were originally published by Windmill Books in 1970.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Lion and Other Beasts Go Hunting -- The Lioness -- The Fox and the Goat -- The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat -- The Council of Mice -- The Monkey and the Camel -- The Ant and the Grasshopper -- The Fox and the Crow -- The Ass and the Grasshoppers -- The Lion and the Three Bulls -- The Hares and the Frogs -- The Dog and the Bone -- The Angler and the Little Fish -- The Porcupine and the Snakes -- The Donkey in Lion's Skin -- The Thief and the Dog -- The Raven and the Swan -- The Bull and the Goat -- The Bundle of Sticks -- The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing -- The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle -- The Two Frogs -- The Tortoise and the Hare.

ISBN

0295976411 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97008783^

OCLC

• 36640661
• SCSB-12447407

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library