Prescott, AZ: Arizona Publishers, Inc. 1948. Hardcover first edition - The first book published by Arizona Publishers, a variation in verse of Aesop's fables using animals and themes found in the Arizona desert, illustrated with appealing line drawings Bertha McEwen Knipe. Introduction explaining how this book came to be. 58 pp.

New York: Scribner, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first in a series of adaptations of Aesop's fables. Morrison explains the books thus: 'We, the creators of 'who's got game' were inspired by the wonder of Aesop's Fables - their vitality, their endless demand for new interpretations. In our versions, the original stories are opened up and their moralistic endings re-imagined. The victim might not lose; the timid gets a chance to become strong; the fool can gain insight; the powerful may lose their grip. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.' SIGNED on the title page by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. Illustrated in full color in a graphic book style by Pascal Lemaitre. Slightly oversized, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-7432-22474.

New York: Dutton, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Humorous modern retelling of six of Aesop's fables - The Fox and the Crow; The Cat and the Fox; The Fox and the Goat; The Fox and the Stork; The Stag and His Mirrors; The Hare and the Tortoise - illustrated by Tony Ross. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-8037-02914.