Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables by Aesop and Mr. Fox

Anno frames the celebrated fables by employing a storyteller, a Mr. Fox, in a read-aloud setting involving his son Freddy Fox as a listener. This elaborate restructuring allows the fox to unite the many varied tales into one large storyline. Some of the stories are radical interpretations of familiar ones, others are straight commentaries on or parallel versions to the original intent of the fables (whatever that may be), and still others are merely parodies or metafables that build on what is already there. Such an original approach breathes new life into an old and fossilized form of wisdom.Anno, Mitsumasa is the author of 'Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables by Aesop and Mr. Fox' with ISBN 9780531057742 and ISBN 0531057747.