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Mice, Morals, & Monkey Business

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Award-winning illustrator Christopher Wormell brings his vivid artwork to the classic Aesop's Fables , a cornerstone of children's literature, in a visual feast to delight both children and adults. Gorgeous linoleum block prints illustrate a key moment in the story, highlighting the moral printed in Wormell's hand-cut typeface on the opposite page. This simple approach encourages parent-child interaction through storytelling, while an appendix provides each tale in more detail, along with a thumbnail of the illustration. Wormell's children's books are so beautiful that they double as adult art and gift books.

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 7,2005

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64 pages, Hardcover
Published
September 7, 2005 by Running Press
ISBN
9780762424047
ASIN
0762424044
Language
English

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INoLuv
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April 1,2025
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Consider this an annotated bibilography of some of Aesop's more popular fables. It gives the lessons, a beautiful lino-cut illustration, and a summary of the story. A great refresher for those who can't remember their Aesop fables.
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BabyGirl06301
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April 1,2025
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I am a sucker for stunning book art, which is why I added Christopher Wormell to my collection of children's books. He is the master of lino-cuts in vibrant colours. Here, he takes on Aesop's Fables and brings each tale to life.

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Each fable is given one page for the title and lesson while the opposite page is devoted to the splendid illustration. I can certainly see a parent and child reading this together, with the child looking in wonder at the pictures. The book itself is a treat with dark navy cloth binding and typeset in ITC Berkeley. My only tsk-tsk is having the full explanation of each fable in the back of the book, but that also allowed me to see each lino-cut again, so still a treat.

Wormell is a self-trained artist, having never gone to art school. For anyone interested in how he works, this video is quite instructive. Now, I just need to find some more of his books.

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Blares
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April 1,2025
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I love Christopher Wormell's style. We have a couple of posters that he made for California's Coastal Clean-up day. I'm no keen on a book that just has the morals from Aesop's fables. It just doesn't work without the stories.
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hype_manga
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April 1,2025
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This is a children's picture book. Not a story. It's a way to introduce your children to Aesop's Fables.
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kaos1183
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April 1,2025
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A gorgeous picture-book, recommended to me by a friend, Mice, Morals, & Monkey Business features Christopher Wormell's vividly colorful linoleum-block prints, each paired with a moral and accompanying fable name, in huge letters. The fables from which these morals are derived are produced at the back of the book, so older children can read the story, while younger readers are entertained by the illustrations and simple morals.

I have to agree with my friend Chandra, that the artwork is what makes this edition of Aesop worthwhile - I spent my entire morning train-ride leafing through these pages, and came away with a desire to explore Wormell's artwork further. I think I might have to hunt down his n  Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Bookn...
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DaveHs
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April 1,2025
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I liked the illustrations but found the lack of text dull. I didn't understand why the stories were presented in the back of the book rather than alongside the full-sized images. It made for a distracting read to have to constantly flip back and forth.
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Sorrow
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April 1,2025
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The fun title caught my attention right away and I felt this would be a good book to share with my nephews. The illustrations a nice and most of the tales where familiar to me however I wish the layout had been done better. Having the illustrations shown next to quotes with the actually stories in the back didn't make for the most enjoyable reading experience.
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madeinearth22
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April 1,2025
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Gorgeous linoleum-block prints are the highlight of this book capturing the lessons from Aesop's fables. The book itself is a very quick read, but I'm not sure what the intended audience is.

For parents reading with children, they will want to have a familiarity with each of the stories (thankfully, the summaries are provided in the back of the book) in order to explain the lessons.

I expect that this was more of a labor of love, an homage to Aesop, rather than an attempt to teach children about the fables themselves. Still, we enjoyed reading this book together.
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