The Orchard Book of Aesop's Fables (Orchard Book of) |
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Michael Morpurgo, Emma Chichester Clark
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Pages: 96 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1843622718
Pub: Orchard
Pub date: 2004-10-21
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6273
Reader Reviews:
Great read aloud book (2/2 people found this helpful)
This is a beautiful book which can be read to young children and for older children they can read themselves. The stories are just the right length to keep a young child interested and so you can read "just one more story" at bedtime. The pictures are bright and engaging and drawn with the simplicity that adds so much to the fables. I have read this book to boys and girls from 3 to 8 and they have loved it.
Excellent Gift Book (6/6 people found this helpful)
This is a beautiful book, that provides moral guidance along with beautifully illustrated stories. I have purchased several different publications of Aesops Fables and this is definitely the best. It offers a rare combination of popular stories, good illustrations and over 20 fables, where most publications focus on far fewer. I searched for an edition that would be a suitable christening present and this book was extremely well received. It would only be improved if some of the stories were shorter and there were more of them. I highly recommend this book.
Great stories collection for 3-6 year olds (7/7 people found this helpful)
I got this book as a gift for my 4 year old, and it is a big hit. The stories are very well told in a simple and beautiful prose, the font size is just right, and even the lines are widely spaced out. In fact, I think the book would also do well for young readers, and would give them a good idea of the beauty of simple prose. Each story is well illustrated, and these illustrations are also very amusing and interesting - in total, a very good buy for the price !
A lovely book for boys or girls (10/11 people found this helpful)
I don't really know Michael Morpurgo's work, and I'm not a big fan of Emma Chicester Clark, but we all loved this book.
These are neat, easy-to-read retellings of Aesop's fables, with bright and attractive illustrations. The length and complexity of the text is just right, making them accessible to pre-schoolers, but still valid for children many years older. Each ends, of course, with a little moral.
I would only have two, very minor, criticisms of this book: (1) It would be nice to have a bit of info about Aesop himself, even just some blurb on the dustjacket; and (2)It would be nice if it was longer!
This book would be particularly suitable has a gift book that could actually be read (or read aloud) and enjoyed. It would make a lovely present from Christening onwards.
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Books -> Subjects -> Children’s Books -> Authors & Illustrators -> M -> Morpurgo, Michael
Books -> Subjects -> Children’s Books -> Fiction -> Fairy & Folk Tales
Books -> Subjects -> Children’s Books -> Fiction -> General AAS
Books -> Subjects -> Children’s Books -> General AAS
Books -> Refinements -> Language (feature_browse-bin) -> English
Books -> Refinements -> Format (binding_browse-bin) -> Hardcover
Books -> Refinements -> Font Size (format_browse-bin) -> Regular Size