The Fabled Life of Aesop The extraordinary journey and collected tales of the world's greatest storyteller

Ian Lendler, Pamela Zagarenski

eBook - 2020

★ "Lovely art comes with unusual perspectives on familiar tales about lions, mice and trickster foxes." —Kirkus, starred review "Many children are familiar with Aesop's fables but it is a fair bet that few know much about the storyteller himself...(a) beautiful volume." —Wall Street JournalHonoring the path of a slave, this dramatic picture-book biography and concise anthology of Aesop's most child-friendly fables tells how a child born into slavery in ancient Greece found a way to speak out against injustice by using the skill and wit of his storytelling—storytelling that has survived for 2,500 years. Stunningly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Pamela Zagarenski. The Tortoise and the H...are. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Fox and the Crow. Each of Aesop's stories has a lesson to tell, but Aesop's life... more