Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes
By: Margie Palatini
Illustrated by: Barry Moser
What I love about this book is that the two authors who collaborated on this story, gave a little twist to the famous Aesop's Fable "The Fox and the Grapes." This fox really wanted some grapes that were dangling atop a tree. Having tried to reach them himself several times, he gives up and starts calling on his animal friends for help. Each animal tries to give Fox a suggestion on how they could get the grapes down but he responds each time with the following: "Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta. After all, I'm the fox. Sly. Clever. Smart. I know how to get grapes." Finally after several failed attempts Fox gives up. His animal friends however, proceed to tell him the many ways they could have gotten the grapes down. Fox replies angrily asking why none of them told him this to begin with. Finally, Fox walks away leaving the other animals with the grapes. By the end of the story, he doesn't want any lousy, rotten, stinkin' grapes anyway.
This book had me laughing the entire time and wondering why this Fox was so self absorbed. I had never before read the Aesop's Fable tale or this one. It was interesting to see how the story played out and there was definitely a lesson of morality to learn here. I will definitely share this book with my future students.
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