Anastasya Shepherd
Fishy Tales
language
( June 6, 2012)
By popular demand - a collection of illustrated fables for children, parents and curious bystanders, eight for the price of one.
Fables are rarely written these days, and yet they are an excellent teaching tool and Aesop's fables are reprinted and read regularly - though not often illustrated, which is a pity... This, therefore, is an exercise in contemporary Aesopery. I had to pick up the pace a little, though - children nowadays are so demanding!
This book contains:
1. The Four Little Pigs. A cautionary tale about the sad consequences of little pigs being ill-prepared for real-world encounters with Big Bad Wolves. A shocking revelation about the fourth little pig, who has been previously concealed from the public eye.
2. Happy End. A classic tale of a prince being turned into a frog - and how it is not necessarily a bad thing. There are pictures, adventures, magic, psychological profiles, some jokes and several loud Booms!
3. The Sleeping Beauty. A touching tale of love, family and merchandising. It has a beautiful princess, three good fairies and one so-so one, true love and a somewhat unexpected happy end.
4. Here Be Dragons. A story about art. A story about an individual. A story about a society. A story of extinction of a species that believed themselves to be great.
5. Changing Colors. A story about adaptation, about how our environment changes us - generation by generation - and how (alas!) it does not...
6. Of Frice and Men. A simple story of an ordinary war. Elements of political psychology for kids and adults who wish to understand their elected representatives.
7. The Ugly Duckling's Dream. An old story with a new twist. Is it a joke or a fable? You decide.
8. When You Wish Upon a Star... make sure you know your astronomy. A sad, but instructive tale for the incurably romantic.
Fables are rarely written these days, and yet they are an excellent teaching tool and Aesop's fables are reprinted and read regularly - though not often illustrated, which is a pity... This, therefore, is an exercise in contemporary Aesopery. I had to pick up the pace a little, though - children nowadays are so demanding!
This book contains:
1. The Four Little Pigs. A cautionary tale about the sad consequences of little pigs being ill-prepared for real-world encounters with Big Bad Wolves. A shocking revelation about the fourth little pig, who has been previously concealed from the public eye.
2. Happy End. A classic tale of a prince being turned into a frog - and how it is not necessarily a bad thing. There are pictures, adventures, magic, psychological profiles, some jokes and several loud Booms!
3. The Sleeping Beauty. A touching tale of love, family and merchandising. It has a beautiful princess, three good fairies and one so-so one, true love and a somewhat unexpected happy end.
4. Here Be Dragons. A story about art. A story about an individual. A story about a society. A story of extinction of a species that believed themselves to be great.
5. Changing Colors. A story about adaptation, about how our environment changes us - generation by generation - and how (alas!) it does not...
6. Of Frice and Men. A simple story of an ordinary war. Elements of political psychology for kids and adults who wish to understand their elected representatives.
7. The Ugly Duckling's Dream. An old story with a new twist. Is it a joke or a fable? You decide.
8. When You Wish Upon a Star... make sure you know your astronomy. A sad, but instructive tale for the incurably romantic.
- Pages
- 105
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