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    Aesop for Children
    Aesop for Children
    Aesop for Children
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    Aesop for Children

    By Aesop and Milo Winter

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    This edition, with 114 color illustrations, was first published in 1919. According to Wikipedia: "Aesop (ca. 620-564 BC), known for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition born a slave and was a contemporary of Croesus and Solon in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece... The body of work identified as Aesop's Fables was transmitted by a series of later authors writing in both Greek and Latin. Demetrius of Phalerum (ca. 350-ca. 280 BC) made a collection in ten books, probably in prose (Lopson Aisopeion sunagogai) for the use of orators, which has been lost. Next appeared an edition in elegiac verse, cited by the Suda, but the author's name is unknown. Phaedrus, a freedman of Augustus, rendered the fables into Latin. Babrius turned the fables into Greek choliambics in the earlier part of the 3rd century A.D. Another 3rd century author, Titianus, rendered the fables in prose, now lost. Avianus (of uncertain date, perhaps the 4th century) translated 42 of the fables into Latin elegiacs. The 4th century grammarian Dositheus Magister also made a collection of Aesop's Fables, now lost. Aesop's Fables continued to be revised and translated through the ensuing centuries, with the addition of material from other cultures, so that the fables known today in some cases bear little relation to the original fables of Aesop. With a surge in scholarly interest in Aesop and Aesopic fable beginning toward the end of the 20th century, some attempt has been made to determine the nature and content of the very earliest fables which may be most closely linked to the historic Aesop... Milo Winter (August 7, 1888 – August 15, 1956) was a well known book illustrator, who produced works for editions of Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Tanglewood Tales (1913) and others. He was born in Princeton, Illinois and trained at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950s, when he moved to New York City. From 1947 to 1949, he was the art editor of Childcraft books and from 1949, was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455346998
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    Aesop

    Although the three hundred fables in his famous collection are attributed to Aesop, and his name is synonymous with the form, it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for story-telling who lived during the sixth century B.C., many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. What does seem clear though is that the fables began their life being orally transmitted before being put down in writing.

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      THE ÆSOP FOR CHILDREN WITH PICTURES BY MILO WINTER

      Published by Seltzer Books

      established in 1974, now offering over 14,000 books

      feedback welcome: seltzer@seltzerbooks.com  

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      With 114 color illustrations

      RAND McNALLY & CO.,  CHICAGO

      Copyright, 1919, by Rand McNally & Company

      THE WOLF AND THE KID

      THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS

      THE YOUNG CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

      THE FROGS AND THE OX

      THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX

      BELLING THE CAT

      THE EAGLE AND THE JACKDAW

      THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS

      HERCULES AND THE WAGONERTHE KID AND THE WOLF

      THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

      THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

      THE BUNDLE OF STICKS

      THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

      THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER

      THE OXEN AND THE WHEELS

      THE LION AND THE MOUSE

      THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF

      THE GNAT AND THE BULL

      THE PLANE TREE

      THE FARMER AND THE STORK

      THE SHEEP AND THE PIG

      THE TRAVELERS AND THE PURSE

      THE LION AND THE ASS

      THE FROGS WHO WISHED FOR A KING

      THE OWL AND THE GRASSHOPPER

      THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW

      THE OAK AND THE REEDS

      THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT

      THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

      THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

      THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER

      THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE

      A RAVEN AND A SWAN

      THE TWO GOATS

      THE ASS AND THE LOAD OF SALT

      THE LION AND THE GNAT

      THE LEAP AT RHODES

      THE COCK AND THE JEWEL

      THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL

      THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX

      THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION

      THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT

      THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX

      THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP

      THE HARES AND THE FROGS

      THE FOX AND THE STORK

      THE TRAVELERS AND THE SEA

      THE WOLF AND THE LION

      THE STAG AND HIS REFLECTION

      THE PEACOCK

      THE MICE AND THE WEASELS

      THE WOLF AND THE LEAN DOG

      THE FOX AND THE LION

      THE LION AND THE ASS

      THE DOG AND HIS MASTER'S DINNER

      THE VAIN JACKDAW AND HIS BORROWED FEATHERS

      THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN

      THE WOLF AND THE ASS

      THE MONKEY AND THE CAT

      THE DOGS AND THE FOX

      THE DOGS AND THE HIDES

      THE RABBIT, THE WEASEL, AND THE CAT

      THE BEAR AND THE BEES

      THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD

      THE HERON

      THE COCK AND THE FOX

      THE DOG IN THE MANGER

      THE WOLF AND THE GOAT

      THE ASS AND THE GRASSHOPPERS

      THE MULE

      THE FOX AND THE GOAT

      THE CAT, THE COCK, AND THE YOUNG MOUSE

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD

      THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE

      THE FARMER AND THE CRANES

      THE FARMER AND HIS SONS

      THE TWO POTS

      THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG

      THE FIGHTING BULLS AND THE FROG

      THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL

      THE FARMER AND THE SNAKE

      THE SICK STAG

      THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS

      THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW

      THE CAT AND THE BIRDS

      THE DOG AND THE OYSTER

      THE ASTROLOGER

      THREE BULLOCKS AND A LION

      MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN

      THE FROG AND THE MOUSE

      THE FOX AND THE CRAB

      THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE

      THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING

      THE BULL AND THE GOAT

      THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE

      THE OLD LION AND THE FOX

      THE MAN AND THE LION

      THE ASS AND THE LAP DOG

      THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD

      THE GOATHERD AND THE GOAT

      THE MISER

      THE WOLF AND THE HOUSE DOG

      THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG

      THE BAT AND THE WEASELS

      THE QUACK TOAD

      THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

      THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG

      THE ROSE AND THE BUTTERFLY

      THE CAT AND THE FOX

      THE BOY AND THE NETTLE

      THE OLD LION

      THE FOX AND THE PHEASANTS

      THE MOTHER AND THE WOLF

      THE FLIES AND THE HONEY

      THE EAGLE AND THE KITE

      THE STAG, THE SHEEP, AND THE WOLF

      THE ANIMALS AND THE PLAGUE

      THE SHEPHERD AND THE LION

      THE DOG AND HIS REFLECTION

      THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

      THE BEES AND WASPS, AND THE HORNET

      THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES

      THE CAT AND THE OLD RAT

      THE FOX AND THE CROW

      THE ASS AND ITS SHADOW

      THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THE ASS

      THE ANT AND THE DOVE

      THE MAN AND THE SATYR

      THE WOLF, THE KID, AND THE GOAT

      THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW

      JUPITER AND THE MONKEY

      THE LION, THE ASS, AND THE FOX

      THE LION'S SHARE

      THE MOLE AND HIS MOTHER

      THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN

      THE HARE AND HIS EARS

      THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP

      THE COCK AND THE FOX

      THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN

      THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH

      THE FIGHTING COCKS AND THE EAGLE

      THE WOLF AND THE KID

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      There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself. So one evening when the flock started home from the pasture and his mother called, the Kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the tender grass. A little later when he lifted his head, the flock was gone.

      He was all alone. The sun was sinking. Long shadows came creeping over the ground. A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. The Kid shivered as he thought of the terrible Wolf. Then he started wildly over the field, bleating for his mother. But not half-way, near a clump of trees, there was the Wolf!

      The Kid knew there was little hope for him.

      Please, Mr. Wolf, he said trembling, I know you are going to eat me. But first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can.

      The Wolf liked the idea of a little music before eating, so he struck up a merry tune and the Kid leaped and frisked gaily.

      Meanwhile, the flock was moving slowly homeward. In the still evening air the Wolf's piping carried far. The Shepherd Dogs pricked up their ears. They recognized the song the Wolf sings before a feast, and in a moment they were racing back to the pasture. The Wolf's song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his heels, he called himself a fool for turning piper to please a Kid, when he should have stuck to his butcher's trade.

      Do not let anything turn you from your purpose.

      THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS

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      The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go to Jupiter's wedding, even when especially invited.

      After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding. When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. He wanted to see the world too, and there he was with a house on his back and little short legs that could hardly drag him along.

      One day he met a pair of Ducks and told them all his trouble.

      We can help you to see the world, said the Ducks. "Take hold of this stick with your teeth and we will carry you far up in the air where you can

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