Fables by Arnold Lobel

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My Caldecott challenge: Although these Caldecott winner and honor books are not, for the most part, books I’ve read aloud to my son, I still found them interesting. A few I had strong negative opinions of; they show that even books that earned the Caldecott award do become dated!

When I saw the title for the 1981 Caldecott Winner, I figured Arnold Lobel had illustrated some of Aesop’s fables. No, Fables by Arnold Lobel is a collection of completely new fables, appropriate for our day.

In the Aesopic tradition, there is a one-line moral at the end of each one-page tale. And yet, these are fun, and the one-page illustration accompanying each tale is likewise fun. My favorite fable was the one illustrated on the cover: a bear wanted to be “in fashion” when he went into town, so he took the advice of a crow as he dressed.

Reviewed on November 15, 2010

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Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid is a homeschooling, stay-at-home mother seeking to make the journey of life-long learning fun by reading lots of good books. Rebecca Reads provides reviews of children's literature she has enjoyed with her children; nonfiction that enhances understanding of educational philosophies, history and more; and classical literature that Rebecca enjoys reading.

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