To get a better feel for how the fables could be translated for children I bought a copy of the old school Ladybird book 'A First Book Of Aesops Fables' published in 1974 from amazon.co.uk Even though the book's a little tatty, it features some cool illustrations.
Nice crow illustration with plenty of character...
The text is fairly true to the original fables and hasn't been dumbed down at all.
I'll now look at books aimed at modern children and see how they differ at all. Are the illustrations more currently relevant?
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