Fables /written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel.

Lobel, Arnold,

Fables /written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. - first edition. - [New York] : Harper and Row, (c)1980. - 40 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.

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.

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich. Short, original fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of animals. The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.



9780060239732 9780060239749 9780064430463

79002004


Fables, American.
Children's stories, American.
Caldecott Medal.

PZ8 / .F335 1980 PZ8