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Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 1978
Fables You Shouldn't Pay Any Attention To
By Florence Parry Heide, Sylvia Worth Van Clief, Sergio Ruzzier (Illustrator)
Subversive fables challenge traditional morals with humor and wit.
3.8/5 Goodreads · 101 ratings
112 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Meet Genevieve, Muriel, Phoebe, and Chester—each with their own quirky flaws. Meanwhile, Caleb and Conrad are the epitome of virtue. But in these fables, being good doesn't always pay off. Dive into a world where traditional morals are turned on their head, and discover what happens when the expected lessons take an unexpected twist. Will the careless, discontented, and lazy triumph over the polite and kind? Unravel the humor and irony in these tales that question what it truly means to be 'moral.'
From the publisher
In this new edition of the classic companion to Tales for the Perfect Child, Sergio Ruzzier lends his signature humor to Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief’s delectably subversive fables. Genevieve is careless. Muriel is discontented. Phoebe is always putting off until tomorrow what she should be doing today. And Chester is the laziest turkey you ever heard of. Caleb and Conrad, on the other hand, are polite and kind and thoughtful and gracious and truthful. But some good that does them! If the morals you find in these pages aren’t exactly, well, moral…just don’t pay any attention to them!
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 112
- Reading age
- 6–10
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- 500L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~3.3
- F&P level
- ~N
Publication
- Published
- July 3, 2018
- First published
- January 1, 1978
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781481463836
- LCCN
- 2015043367
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