Short, original Fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of animals. -- Newsweek. --The New York Times Lobel has come up with a magical addition to an ancient genre of storytelling.
Lobel\'s Fables to endear any child listener. -- Publishers Weekly There is enough cheerful nonsense in Mr.
The most remarkable of the author-illustrator\'s 60-plus bestselling award winners.
Winner of the Caldecott Medal A pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? From the author-illustrator behind beloved Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel, comes a collection of humorous, silly Fables that will delight readers young and old.
Caldecott Medal winner.
The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.--ALA Booklist. . . .
Short, original Fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of animals