Texas Aesop's Fables
Kindergarten-Grade 5—This collection of Aesop's fables rewritten to incorporate a Southwestern flavor may have regional appeal only as the retellings are full of unfamiliar colloquial phrases and words like "ramuda" and "vaquero." There is no glossary. The language is often stilted or cumbersome. The humorous illustrations are colorful but also somewhat static; the characters' expressions and actions appear frozen. Jerry Pinkney'sAesop Fables(SeaStar, 2000) and Brad Sneed'sAesop's Fables(Dial, 2003) are better choices.—Kirsten Cutler, Sonoma County Library, CACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.