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41) Seven blind mice
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After barn mice make a collar with a bell to warn them when Marmalade the cat is approaching, Smart Mouse must devise a way to safely put the collar on her in this retelling of a Aesop fable.
Author
Publisher
Thule Ediciones
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Español
Description
Retratando la vida secreta de varios objetos cotidianos, sus sentimientos y sus preocupaciones, esta obra ilustrada constituye una divertida y fascinante lectura. Las ilustraciones detallan cosas que nadie sabe: que las vacas de la biblioteca pastan palabras en los libros, que los libros colocados en la estantería pasan el tiempo leyéndose unos a otros y que una gata se enamora del refrigerador no por su atractivo aspecto si no por la leche que...
Author
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Hip is a turtle who raps very slowly. Hop is a bunny who raps superfast. Together they are Hip & Hop, the best rap duo in Oldskool County. This hilarious collection features two stories that remix the fable of the tortois and the hare, combining comics with short raps, traditional narration, and the coolest characters on the block. -back
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
Author
Publisher
Z2 Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A dragon, a samurai and even a koi, Ibaraki and Friends shows through accessible prose the exciting history and myths of Japan. With beautiful illustrations and exciting adventures, the whole family will want to read it over and over again.
51) Lion and mouse
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A modern update on the classic fable of the lion and the mouse shares the relationship between two unlikely friends.
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume 6
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This sixth volume of the Cautionary Fables and Fairytales anthology series features modern comics adaptations of traditional folklore from across the South American continent.--Publisher.
53) Fable comics
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of graphic novel adaptations of popular fables includes the tales of The hare and the tortoise, The boy who cried wolf, The town mouse and the country mouse, and The grasshopper and the ants.
54) It is a tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
Author
Publisher
TOR Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Quintus Shu'al, the world's only navigating fox, is in disgrace after guiding an expedition to its doom, leaving no survivors. One year later, Quintus is offered the chance to redeem himself: he will need to lead a motley, fractious team--both human and animal--all the way to the gates of Hell" --
Series
Cautionary fables and fairytales volume 1
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From realizing that there is no "right" way to live to respecting our planet and learning what really makes someone a winner, the messages at the heart of Natalie Portman's Fables are modern takes on timeless life lessons. Told with a playful, kid-friendly voice and perfectly paired with Janna Mattia's charming artwork, Portman's insightful retellings of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse are ideal for...
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