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Works by Bernard Higton

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Monet's Garden (1989) — Designer — 28 copies, 1 review
Degas' Ballet Dancers (1992) 8 copies
Vincent Van Gogh (1991) — Editor — 6 copies

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Quem não conhece a famosa história da lebre e da tartaruga, aquela em que a lebre, tão convencida, acaba perdendo a corrida? E a fábula do velho, da criança e do burro? Ou então a lenda do pastorzinho mentiroso que de tanto dar falsos alarmes acabou ficando sem suas ovelhas?Pois é, se essas pequenas histórias são famosas entre nós, pouco se conhece sobre quem foi Esopo, o escritor dessas fábulas. Na verdade, não se sabe se Esopo, um suposto escravo grego, existiu ou não, mas o certo é que as histórias a ele atribuídas vêm sendo contadas e recontadas há mais de 2500 anos.Sempre curtas e bem-humoradas, na maioria dos casos as fábulas de Esopo têm como protagonistas os animais e são reflexões sobre comportamento e costumes do cotidiano dos homens.Valorizando o caráter universal e intemporal dessas pequenas jóias da literatura mundial, as histórias e os desenhos desta coletânea foram selecionados dentre as várias centenas de edições das Fábulas de Esopo, publicadas sobretudo na Europa e nos Estados Unidos, e seu conjunto exemplifica não só o apelo internacional desta obra como a diversidade visual que a acompanhou através dos tempos. Um clássico que fazia falta às crianças do Brasil.Título Altamente Recomendável pela Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil - FNLIJ 1994, categoria tradução/criança… (more)
 
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editora_sesimg | 9 other reviews | Dec 12, 2023 |
This Aesop collection, edited by Russell Ash and Bernard Higton, presents fifty-three of the classic fables, accompanied by illustrations taken from various Aesop editions of the last 150 years. Here the reader will encounter old favorites, liked The Fox and the Grapes and The Lion and the Mouse, as well as many lesser-known selections like The Piping Fisherman and The Fox and the Masks.

The artwork is taken from volumes ranging in date from the 1857 edition illustrated by Charles Henry Bennett to the 1970 volume illustrated by Edward Bawden. Other artists include: Milo Winter, Alexander Calder, Boris Artzybasheff, Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham, and Randolph Caldecott.

This was a fascinating volume, not so much for the fables themselves - all of which I had encountered before - but for the insight it gives into the various ways in which Aesop has been envisioned by illustrators over the course of more than a century. Twenty-nine artists are represented, in all, and their work ranges from the Art Nouveau to a "nursery" style. Some of my personal favorites: Arthur Rackham's Venus and the Cat, Walter Crane's The Peacock's Complaint, and Ernest Henry Griset's The Wolf and the Crane.
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AbigailAdams26 | 9 other reviews | Jul 15, 2013 |
Pages: 90
Reading Level: 3.0

This is a large collection of fables in fairly kid friendly language. The illustrations are great as well. If I was doing a unit on fables or such, this would be a good book to incorporate.
 
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TamaraBronson | 9 other reviews | Mar 28, 2013 |
A collection of fables that teach lessons and bestow words of wisdom through the tales of animals.

The collection has many classic fables that choose life lesson. They are highly enjoyable and the illustrations are very fitting.
 
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DarringtonM | 9 other reviews | Nov 17, 2009 |

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