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Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an English artist. Born in Liverpool, he was part of the Arts and Crafts movement. He produced paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. In 1862 his picture The Lady of Shalott was exhibited at the Royal Academy, but the Academy steadily refused his maturer work; and after the opening of the Grosvenor Gallery in 1877 he ceased to send pictures to Burlington House. In 1864 he began to illustrate a series of sixpenny toy-books of nursery rhymes in three colours for Edmund Evans. He was allowed more freedom in a series beginning with The Frog Prince (1874) which showed markedly the influence of Japanese art, and of a long visit to Italy following his marriage in 1871. From the early 1880s, Crane was closely associated with the Socialist movement. He provided the weekly cartoons for the Socialist Organs Justice, The Commonweal and The Clarion. One of his last major works would be his Lunettes at the Royal West of England Academy which were painted in 1913.

This is a very colorful graphic reprint of the Classic Fable by Aesop and Walter Crane as the famous illustrator. Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. His fables are some of the most well known in the world. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world. Apollonius of Tyana, a 1st century CE philosopher, is recorded as having said about Aesop: ... like those who dine well off the plainest dishes, he made use of humble incidents to teach great truths, and after serving up a story he adds to it the advice to do a thing or not to do it. Then, too, he was really more attached to truth than the poets are; for the latter do violence to their own stories in order to make them probable; but he by announcing a story which everyone knows not to be true, told the truth by the very fact that he did not claim to be relating real events. (Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Book V:14) Walter Crane (1845-1915) was one of the earliest contributors to children's literature and one of the most influential illustrators in the development of children's color picture books. Crane began working for Edmund Evans in 1864 producing bright, colorful children's books which revolutionized the type of children's books available. This wonderfully decorated book 'The Baby's Own Aesop', is collection of rhyming Aesop's Fables about animals originally published in 1887. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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The Baby's Own ÆsopWalter Crane, english artist and book illustrator (1845-1915)This ebook presents «The Baby's Own Æsop», from Walter Crane. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- Dedication- Preface- The Fox And The Grapes- The Cock And The Pearl- The Wolf And The Lamb- The Wind And The Sun- King Log And King Stork- The Frightened Lion- The Mouse And The Lion- The Married Mouse- Hercules And The Waggoner- The Lazy Housemaids- The Snake And The File- The Fox And The Crow- The Dog In The Manger- The Frog And The Bull- The Fox And The Crane- Horse And Man- The Ass And The Enemy- The Fox And The Mosquitoes- The Fox And The Lion- The Miser And His Gold- The Golden Eggs- The Man That Pleased None- The Oak And The Reeds- The Fir And The Bramble- The Trees And The Woodman- The Hart And The Vine- The Man And The Snake- The Fox And The Mask- The Ass In The Lion's Skin- The Lion And The Statue- The Boaster- The Vain Jackdaw- The Peacock's Complaint- The Two Jars- The Two Crabs- Brother And Sister- The Fox Without A Tail- The Dog And The Shadow- The Crow And The Pitcher- The Eagle And The Crow- The Blind Doe- The Geese And The Cranes- The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner- Hot And Cold- Neither Beast Nor Bird- The Stag In The Ox Stall- The Deer And The Lion- The Lion In Love- The Cat And Venus- Mice In Council- The Hen And The Fox- The Cat And The Fox- The Hare And The Tortoise- The Hares And The Frogs- Porcupine, Snake, And Company- The Bear And The Bees- The Bundle Of Sticks- The Farmer's Treasure- The Cock, The Ass And The Lion- The Ass And The Lap Dog- Fortune And The Boy- The Ungrateful Wolf- The Fisherman And The Fish- The Herdsman's Vows- The Horse And The Ass- The Ass And The Sick Lion

Before children learn to read anything else, often the first author they read is the Ancient Greek fabulist Aesop or Esop, believed to have lived between the dates 620-564 BC. According to tradition, he was born a slave, but he is now credited with having written dozens of fables that teach important life lessons. Though it is unclear whether Aesop actually existed, let alone wrote the fables, the famous fables are now known as Aesop’s Fables. Aesop’s name was mentioned by Ancient Greeks like Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch, and an unknown ancient author even wrote The Aesop Romance that dramatized his life.Numerous fables appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of these tales animals speak and have human characteristics. The body of work identified as Aesop's Fables was transmitted by a series of authors writing in both Greek and Latin. Aesop's Fables continued to be revised and translated through the ensuing centuries, with the addition of material from other cultures. With a surge in scholarly interest beginning toward the end of the 20th century, some attempt has been made to determine the nature and content of the very earliest fables which may be most closely linked to the historic Aesop.