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Fabled Life of Aesop, The: The Extraordinary Journey and Collected Tales of the World's Greatest Storyteller
Ian Lendler
Illustrator: Pamela Zagarenski
Ages: 6+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 978-1-328-58552-3
Keywords: fables, justice, Greek slaves
A life of slavery taught Aesop to express ideas in allegories, the wisdom of which is still celebrated. Stunning intriguingly detailed illustrations. Afterword and Bibliography.