Aesop's Fables

Jerry Pinkney

Chronicle Books, Sep 1, 2000 - Juvenile Fiction - 96 pages

In this elegantly designed volume, more than sixty of Aesop's timeless fables have been carefully selected, humorously retold, and brought gloriously to life by four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Jerry Pinkney. Included are the Shepherd Boy and The Wolf, the Lion and the Mouse, the Tortoise and the Hare, plus many other charactersand moralsthat have inspired countless readers for centuries. With more than fifty magnificent full-color illustrations, this handsome edition is a must for every bookshelf.

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Review: Aesop's Fables

User Review  - Tasasha Battle - Goodreads

This book is a collection of short stories and poems of the infamous tales of Aesop. With all the diverse stories and writing styles this book can be used to teach students an array of reading and ...

Review: Aesop's Fables

User Review  - Beverly - Goodreads

Pencil, ink and watercolors were used to create these lovely, realistic illustrations, one for each fable. The fables are retold in elegant language, and each is followed by a moral. This version is great for elementary age students.

About the author

Acclaimed American artist Jerry Pinkney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 22, 1939. He began drawing as a four-year-old child, studied commercial art at the Dobbins Vocational School, and received a full scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum College of Art. After graduating, Pinkney worked in design and illustrations, helped found Kaleidoscope Studios, and later opened the Jerry Pinkney Studio. Pinkney is well-known as a children's book illustrator and has created the art for over one hundred titles, including Julius Lester's John Henry, Sam and the Tigers, and The Old African, plus adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl and The Nightingale. He has won five Caldecott Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Awards, four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, four New York Times Best Illustrated Book awards, the Hamilton King Award, and many others. He received the Virginia Hamilton Literary award from Kent State University in 2000, the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion in 2004, and the Original Art's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2006. Pinkney was awarded the 2009 Caldecott Medal. In addition to holding numerous one-man retrospectives and exhibiting his work in more than one hundred international group shows, Pinkney's art resides in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Brandywine River Art Museum. He has taught art at the Pratt Institute, the University of Delaware, and the University of Buffalo.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Aesop's Fables
• Author: Jerry Pinkney
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2000
• ISBN: 1587170000, 9781587170003
• Length: 96 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General