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Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes

1980 The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes (cassette not attached). Story adapter: Denise Guynn. Illustrator: Vernon McKissack. Printed in Costa Rica. Chicago: Society for Visual Education. $.60 at Berkeley Book Consortium, Jan., '91.

Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. The boy ends up telling himself the moral. Maybe the last page, without borders or print, is the most expressive: the men look up to the hills and do nothing.

1980 The Crow and the Pitcher. Story Adapter: Denise Guynn. Illustrations: Vernon McKissack. Pamphlet. Chicago: Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes: Society for Visual Education. $1.50 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon, OR, through eBay, March, '04. 

Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. The pitcher answers back when the crow says that she wants the water. In fact, the artist works hard to give the pitcher strong facial expressions. The not-so-swift pitcher opines that tossing pebbles to get water makes no sense. The pitcher is smart enough to notice at the end of the story that he is stuck with all the pebbles! Former property of the Albany, Oregon public schools. I also have the cassette tape.

1980 The Fox and the Crow. Story Adapter: Denise Guynn. Illustrations: Vernon McKissack. Pamphlet. Chicago: Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes: Society for Visual Education. $1.50 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon, OR, through eBay, March, '04. 

Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. This fox does the flattery of the female crow well. (Her hat helps to identify her gender.) He starts with compliments on general beauty and feathers, and then moves on to the crow's eyes and her virtues. Only then does he move on to her voice. The crow moves down closer to hear his flattering whispers. I also have the cassette tape.

1980 The Fox and the Grapes. Story Adapter: Denise Guynn. Illustrations: Vernon McKissack. Pamphlet. Chicago: Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes: Society for Visual Education. $3 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon, OR, through eBay, March, '04. Extra copy missing its cover a gift of Mary Pat Ryan, July, '91.

Nice simple big pictures, one to a page. This fox wears a coat and cap. At one point in his leaping he touches the grapes. He tries to leap at them ten times. The fox admits at the end that the grapes look and smell good but claims that they do not taste good. "Good-bye, sour grapes," he says at the end. The narrator says that the fox hated something because he could not get it. The booklet finishes with a great image of a ripe bunch of grapes. This book formerly belonged to the Albany, Oregon public schools. I also have the cassette tape.

1980 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. Story Adapter: Denise Guynn. Illustrations: James Flynn. Paperbound. Chicago: Aesop's Fables Book Cassettes: Society for Visual Education. $.17 from Jerome Kaiser, Muskego, WI, through eBay, Oct., '05. 

Nice simple big landscape pictures, one to a page. In this version, the "mean-eyed, hairy cat" greets the mice: "Hello, boys. Having some dinner?" "Hot rolls and cake" are the symbols of the city's luxury. The two mice shake paws here before the country mouse leaves--eagerly--to get back home. I do not have the cassette tape that accompanies this booklet.

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