Canterbury Tales
By Barbara Cohen; Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780688062019, 96pp.)
Publication Date: August 15, 1988
Categories: Classics, Legends, Myths, & Fables - General
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A vigorous treatment of The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, and The Franklin's Tale. "This carefully researched and lively edition...is richly and beautifully produced....One could not ask for a more enticing introduction to Chaucer's world." -- Publishers Weekly.
Barbara Cohen (1932-1992) was the author of several acclaimed picture books and novels for young readers, including The Carp in the Bathtub, Yussel's Prayer: A Yom Kippur Story, Thank You, Jackie Robinson, and King of the Seventh Grade.












