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September 1, 2004/in Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
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BfK 148 September 2004
Reviewer: Jill Bennett
ISBN: 978-0735818095
Price: £9.99
Publisher: North-South Books
Genre: Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
  • Retold by: Karl Rühmann
  • Translated by: Anthea Bell
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The Fox and the Stork

Illustrator: Alessandra Roberti

Aesop’s fables seldom, in my experience, make satisfying picture books. This particular one, where both animals are unkind to each other while seemingly being generous, strikes me as setting a far from desirable example in order to preach the moral lesson, Do unto others only what you want done to yourself. The protracted telling does little to arouse interest though it does afford plenty of space for artistic indulgence; but even the glowing pastel illustrations fail to excite.

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