The Donkey in the Lion's Skin: A Retelling of Aesop's Fable

by Eric Blair

Book Overview

In a retelling of the classic Aesop's fable, a foolish donkey pretends to be a lion and finds he can scare other animals and people. The donkey is having lots of fun, until he meets the clever fox.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479518557
• ISBN13: 9781479518555
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

An interesting re-telling of Aesop's fable, good for early readers

I found the Read it! Readers series of books at our local library. The "Read-It! Readers" series of books begin with the Purple Level which presents basic topics and objects using high frequency words and simple language patterns. The Red Level books present familiar topics using common words and repeating sentence patterns. The Blue Level books present new ideas using a larger vocabulary and varied sentence structure. My 5-year-old who already has some basic reading skills found this book to be a bit more challenging than the red level books. The story and illustrations are interesting and visually pleasing respectively. The sentence structure is more varied and there are some advanced vocabulary such as roamed, disguise, etc. Overall, a good beginning reader to challenge young children with some basic reading skills.