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Society for Visual Education

1980     "The Crow and the Pitcher."   Use with the book.   Society for Visual Education, Inc.   $1.39 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon , OR , through eBay, March, '04.

This tape presents with several voices exactly the words of the book of the same title and year.   The tape runs just over five minutes.   There are a few sound effects.   The tape has been well used.   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!   I also have the book.


1980     "The Fox and the Crow."   Use with the book.   Society for Visual Education, Inc.   $1.39 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon , OR , through eBay, March, '04.

This tape presents with several voices exactly the words of the book of the same title and year.   The tape runs five minutes.   There are a few sound effects.   Vocal quality is good on this tape.   The "caw" is particularly good here.   This fox does the flattery of the female crow well.   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 book.



1980     "The Fox and the Grapes."   Use with the book.   Society for Visual Education, Inc.   $1.39 from Barb Daniels, Lebanon OR , through eBay, March, '04.

This tape presents with several voices exactly the words of the book of the same title and year.   The tape runs just under five minutes.   There are a few sound effects.   The tape has been well used.   The vocal quality is sometimes poor.   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.   I also have the book.