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Told and Retold: Around the World with Aesop's Fables
Holly Berry
Illustrator: Holly Berry
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Philomel Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-35152-9
Keywords: retellings, patterned language, geography
Collaged linoleum block prints on colored paper support and extend "The Ants and the Grasshopper," "The Lion and the Mouse," and other tales collected from many regions.