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The contest between the Sun and the Wind : an Aesop's fable
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The contest between the Sun and the Wind : an Aesop's fable

Author: Heather Forest; Susan Gaber; Aesop.
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : August House Little Folk, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Primary school : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Forest, Heather.
Contest between the Sun and the Wind.
Atlanta, Ga. : August House Little Folk, 2008
(OCoLC)763121976
Material Type: Primary school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Heather Forest; Susan Gaber; Aesop.
ISBN: 9780874838329 0874838320
OCLC Number: 141482550
Notes: Based on a fable from Aesop, "The North Wind and the Sun."
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Other Titles: North Wind and the Sun
Responsibility: retold by Heather Forest ; illustrated by Susan Gaber.

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The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.

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Christian Louboutins

by louboutinshommefr11 (WorldCat user published 2012-06-01) Excellent Permalink

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New version of an old Aesop fable is a delight

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2009-02-04) Very Good Permalink

The design of this new version of an old Aesop fable is a delight to behold.  The text wraps around the illustrations that are in turn sunny and then dull. This is a story of the time the sun and the wind both tried to make a man take off his coat.  The sun wins by smiling.  The story,...
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