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Fables  Cover Image Book Book

Fables / written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Lobel, Arnold,: (author,:, illustrator.). Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060239743
  • ISBN: 9780060239749
  • ISBN: 0064430464
  • ISBN: 9780064430463
  • ISBN: 9781442050617
  • ISBN: 1442050616
  • Physical Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Harper & Row, Publishers, [1980]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The crocodile in the bedroom -- The ducks and the fox -- King Lion and the beetle -- The lobster and the crab -- The hen and the apple tree -- The baboon's umbrella -- The frogs at the rainbow's end -- The bear and the crow -- The cat and his visions -- The ostrich in love -- The camel dances -- The poor old dog -- Madame Rhinoceros and her dress -- The bad kangaroo -- The pig at the candy store -- The elephant and his son -- The pelican and the crane -- The young rooster -- The hippopotamus at dinner -- The mouse at the seashore.
Awards Note:
Winner, Caldecott Medal, 1981.
ALA Notable Children's Books of 1980.
Subject: Fables, American.
Children's stories, American.
Animals > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life
Vices
Virtues
Genre: Picture books.
Stories in Verse
Classics
Juvenile works
Fables.
Illustrated works.

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Summary: 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.

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