Fabulario

Overview

Very young children are drawn to the musicality of nursery rhymes, lullabies, and poems. This collection of fables in verse features animals displaying human characteristics, such as speaking, and addresses many curious questions. Why is the pig named Pig? Are there octopus trees? Who told Perez the little mouse that he could get rich with so many teeth? What happened to the crocodile? Are there disadvantages to being a unicorn? Where do novice ducks learn? Can a bear get sick? Young readers will see themselves and the world around them in new ways while discovering new words and developing language skills.

Author Biography

Antonio A. Gómez Yebra is a writer, a poet, an editor, a lecturer, and a professor of Spanish literature at the University of Malaga. He is the author of 79 children's books, 15 books for adults, and 48 textbooks. His work includes Adivínalas, Amantes pensamientos, Con las botas puestas, Niño mío, and Pensando en ti. Isabel Riera Torrent is an illustrator, a designer, a writer, and an art professor. She is the illustrator of El club de las brujas, ¡Qué miedo!, and Los zapatos dorados.