{"product_id":"9781481463836","title":"Fables You Shouldn't Pay Any Attention To","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFables You Shouldn't Pay Any Attention To\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Florence Parry Heide, Sylvia Worth Van Clief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this new edition of the classic companion to \u003ci\u003eTales for the Perfect Child, \u003c\/i\u003eSergio Ruzzier lends his signature humor to Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief’s delectably subversive fables.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenevieve is careless.\u003cbr\u003e Muriel is discontented.\u003cbr\u003e Phoebe is always putting off until tomorrow what she should be doing today.\u003cbr\u003e And Chester is the \u003ci\u003elaziest\u003c\/i\u003e turkey you ever heard of.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCaleb and Conrad, on the other hand, are polite and kind and thoughtful and gracious and truthful. But some good \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e does them!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf the morals you find in these pages aren’t exactly, well, \u003ci\u003emoral\u003c\/i\u003e…just don’t pay any attention to them!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"[These books have] gorgeous art and extremely simple but highly literary writing — the kind of writing that shows a young reader what an inner life can sound like.... These books let new readers know they have fully embarked on the journey to independent reading.... These ultrashort, ultrawitty tales of naughty children and badly behaving animals won a cult following when they first appeared in the 1980s, but went out of print. Now they’ve been reissued with wily new art by Sergio Ruzzier that perfectly suits their offbeat sensibility...it’s great to see [Heide's] dark, winking take on the eternal conflicts between children and parents sally forth for a new generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"These two cheeky collecitons of very brief stories feature realistically self-centered children or anthropomorphic animals with one thing in common: they know how to game the system and\/or play adults.... These new editions are sized perfectly for a child's hands.... Ruzzier's interpretation here is entirely original, yet he is surely [Victoria] Chess's heir apparent: their work shares the same insouciance and subversiveness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"The title says it all in this updated edition...not to be shared with the faint of heart.... The oversized text and simple format is a comfortable mix of short and more complex sentences, appropriate for new readers looking for stronger vocabulary and a challenge. VERDICT: A tongue-in-cheek offering, best shared one-on-one with older readers who can appreciate sarcasm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781481463836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Atheneum Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40941774962894,"sku":"9781481463836","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_3e633596-8770-4b2b-8f35-43829343e65d.jpg?v=1645909509","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781481463836","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}