![]() ![]() Fox's eyes sparkle,įur is furry and the animal anatomy is near perfect. There are superb traipsing mice and musical grasshoppers. These are beautiful illustrations, combining pencil, colored pencil and watercolor with a light-as-air touch. But the stories are universal and most of them involve animals, and Pinkney is very good at capturing animals and giving them personality. It is familiar from much of Pinkney's other work, like the Caldecott Honor Books ''John Henry'' and ''MirandyĪnd Brother Wind,'' which come from the African-American tradition. The fables that include people do not refer to the ancient world but instead are set in a rural 19th-century America. ![]() Picked many old favorites, including ''The Fox and the Grapes'' and ''The Boy Who Cried Wolf,'' as well as some charming lesser-known selections. For his ''Aesop's Fables,'' a collection of 60 tales, Pinkney has ![]() Now here comes Jerry Pinkney, one of America's most honored illustrators, with what is clearly a heavyweight contender in the world of illustrated Aesopia. Was surprised that among the 50 or more offerings of Aesop's fables in various guises listed in Books in Print, there doesn't seem to be oneĮnduring version that towers above all the others the way ''D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths'' does. Written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Three illustrators try their hand at breathing new life into the ancient fables of Aesop. ![]()
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