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  Text copyright © 1978 by Florence Parry Heide and William C. Van Clief III

  “Phoebe” and “Sally” text copyright © 2017 by The Florence P. Heide Irrevocable Trust and William C. Van Clief Trust

  Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Sergio Ruzzier

  A different version of this work was originally published in 1978 by J.B. Lippincott Company

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  Book design by Debra Sfetsios-Conover

  The text for this book was set in Sabon.

  The illustrations for this book were rendered in pen & ink and ink wash on paper.

  This Atheneum Books for Young Readers edition July 2017

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Heide, Florence Parry, author. | Van Clief, Sylvia Worth, author.

  Ruzzier, Sergio, 1966- illustrator.

  Title: Fables you shouldn’t pay any attention to / Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief ; illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier.

  Other titles: Fables you should not pay any attention to

  Description: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017] | First published in 1978. | Summary: Brief tales extolling the “virtues” of carelessness, greed, lying, selfishness, and other “admirable” qualities.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2015043367

  Subjects: LCSH: Conduct of life—Juvenile fiction. | Children’s stories, American | CYAC: Conduct of life—Fiction. | Short stories. Classification: LCC PZ7.H36 Fab 2017 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015043367

  ISBN 978-1-4814-6382-9 (hc)

  ISBN 978-1-4814-6384-3 (eBook)