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unwitting wisdom /
retold & illustrated by Helen Ward.

56 unnumbered pages :

colour illustrations.
Contents: Sour grapes -- The trappings of power -- All dressed up -- Pot luck -- A time to dance -- A dinner invitation -- Steady and slow -- Upon reflection -- Size isn’t everything -- Not flying, but falling -- Fool’s gold -- Hard cheese.
Summary: Few stories have endured as long as the fables of Aesop. Their lessons have seeped into the very fabric of our language -- with expressions such as "sour grapes" or "a wolf in sheep's clothing" still as common in speech today as they ever were. Helen Ward has chosen a dozen of her favourite fables, creating with words and watercolours a classic new collection.