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Aesop's fables / Beverley Naidoo ; [ illustrated by] Piet Grobler.

by Naidoo, Beverley.

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Frances Lincoln Children's Books, c2011.

Aesop's fables -- Adaptations -- Juvenile literature.

Folklore -- Juvenile literature.

Folklore -- Africa -- Juvenile literature.

Africa -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.

9781847800077 (hbk)

48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

The old lion -- The eagle and the tortoise -- The dog, the cock and the jackal -- The mosquito and the lion -- The rinkhals and the snake-eagle -- The jackal and the klipspringer -- The lion and the warthog -- The donkey, the jackal and the lion -- The cat and the mice -- The monkey and the fishermen -- The farmer and his children -- The farmer and the jackal -- The kudu at the waterhole -- The tamboti and the reeds -- The grasshopper and the ants -- The lion and the mouse.

Here are 16 of Aesop's wise, witty and timeless fables, portrayed for the first time in an African setting. This is an exciting new interpretation of one of the world's great classics. This unique story collection is vividly illustrated by Beverley Naidoo's fellow South African Piet Grobler, an internationally acclaimed illustrator.

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