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An acclaimed illustrator has set himself an ambitious task: retelling and visually reinterpreting 60 of Aesop's traditional tales. And he has succeeded brilliantly .. This first-rate edition is as artful, witty, and wise as old Aesop himself, and it will also stand the test of
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