Lara Hawthorne

Aesop's best-loved fables are brought together in this stunning collection, illustrated by CILIP Greenaway nominee Lara Hawthorne. A wild and wonderful world awaits in these retellings of over twenty traditional tales, each with a thought-provoking moral. Meet mice and men, foxes and frogs, beasts and birds, and even mythical gods in this breathtaking gift edition of Aesop's Fables, complete with dazzling foil cover. This gorgeous anthology features classic fables, including The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Goose Who Laid the Golden Egg, The Lion and the Mouse, and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Imaginatively retold by Katie Haworth and beautifully illustrated by Lara Hawthorne, this is a must-have addition to any child's bookshelf, to be treasured for many years to come.

<p><b>In this beautifully illustrated picture book from Lara Hawthorne, a mysterious creature from a secluded volcano crater explores the outside world for the very first time . . . but it is not what he expects it to be! Will his adventure teach him there is no place like home?</b><br><br>Ratty, an ENORMOUS woolly, vegetarian rat, lives deep inside the crater of an ancient volcano nestled in the rainforest. One day, he spies a delicious-looking fruit high in the treetops, and sets out to reach it. From this vantage point a spectacular view stretches before him - the world outside his mountain crater. <br><br>In this big outside world, Ratty imagines, the fruit must be <i>much sweeter</i>, the bird songs <i>more beautiful </i>and the other animals <i>far more interesting</i> and sophisticated, and so he sets off in search of better things. But when he is asked to attend a dinner party by a crocodile who seems just a bit <i>too</i> friendly, Ratty realises that perhaps there is no place like home after all.<br><br>Inspired by the scientific breakthroughs of Mount Bosavi, Papua New Guinea in which <b>over 40 new species of animals and plants </b>were identified, Lara Hawthorne seamlessly <b>combines story and fact</b> in this picture book which <b>celebrates the diversity of life</b>, and being thankful for what you have!</p>