Ranjit Bolt, translator: The Hare and the Tortoise and Other Fables of La Fontaine.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review) From: The Horn Book Magazine | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2007 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Ranjit Bolt, translator The Hare and the Tortoise and Other Fables of La Fontaine; illus, by Giselle Potter 64 pp. Barefoot 9/06 ISBN 1-905236-54-9 19.99 g (Primary, Intermediate)

A much-practiced translator for the British stage presents nineteen fables selected from the renowned French poet's more than two hundred. As another translator, Norman R. Shapiro, has observed, La Fontaine (1621-1695) wrote "irregular, seemingly ... capricious vers libres"; Bolt takes a simpler path than La Fontaine's, using rhymed couplets and choosing to include some of the more accessible and ...

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