Aesops Funky Fables

by Vivian French, Korky Paul (Illustrator)

A re-telling of Aesop's classic moral tales - some well-known and some almost unknown. Rap your way through these wacky new versions of Aesop's classic fables, supported by vibrant subversive illustations.

Genres: Animals, Humor, Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Vivian June Isoult French MBE was born in 1945 and educated at Exeter University.
Vivian French was best known in school for being extremely skinny and for talking a lot. At school she developed an attachment to words and later became an actor, then a storyteller, and finally a writer of children's books. She is the author of more than two hundred books. Ms. French lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has four grown daughters.

Reviews

[Brian Strand · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains many short stories, many we already know and some you never heard of. The boy who cried wolf, the tortoise and the hare, the wolf and the stork, are all ones we know. Some new ones are the jackdaw and the pigeons, the fox and the crow, the traveler and the bear. They are all stories that have lessons that you can learn things from, and they are a little wild too.

1. Here you could have the students give their interpretations of the moral to the story.

2. Have the students group up and make a fable of their own.

[The Styling Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aesop’s Funky Fables by Vivan French and Korky Paul – Really enjoyed reading these adjusted (but not too much) with the alliteration, sound words, and entertaining stories. Had fun conversations comparing the fables to the originals, etc.