Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth (ISBN:0060171154)

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		Beastly Tales from Here and There
	
				(6 reviews)			
(153 Readers)

			Vikram Seth		
	
An attractively packaged gift book offers ten charming, elegant   fables in verse from India, China, Greece, Ukraine, and the fantastic   Land of...more
 An attractively packaged gift book offers ten charming, elegant   fables in verse from India, China, Greece, Ukraine, and the fantastic   Land of Gup. By the author of A Suitable Boy.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Take a pinch of Lewis Carroll and add a dash of Rudyard Kipling. Throw in a splash of Aesop and you have the bizarrely delightful mix of lyrical poetry that is Beastly Tales.

I now have the rhyme and meter of the poems stuck in my brain making it really difficult to read serious prose.

Discovering this book was one of the big pluses of shopping off the library sales shelf for sure. It has...more
 Take a pinch of Lewis Carroll and add a dash of Rudyard Kipling. Throw in a splash of Aesop and you have the bizarrely delightful mix of lyrical poetry that is Beastly Tales.

I now have the rhyme and meter of the poems stuck in my brain making it really difficult to read serious prose.

Discovering this book was one of the big pluses of shopping off the library sales shelf for sure. It has been quite some time since I've read and enjoyed poetry.   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
The only collection of poems that i truly enjoyed. Delightful ticklish poetry

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A lovely alternative to traditional fairy tales! All done in verse, these stories are guaranteed to make you smile.

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