ALICE WINKLER: Luckily for Tutu, his father taught him Aesop's Fables and the stories of Shakespeare, and let him devour comic books, which gave Tutu a lifelong love of reading.
The religious texts, of course, but even things like Aesop's Fables, The Grapes of Wrath, 1984, they've all had an enduring cultural impact on the English-speaking world and further afield.
For the book, he also enlisted a man called John Tenniel, a cartoonist or illustrator from the comedy magazine Punch, and one who was famous for his animal illustrations in the book Aesop's Fables.
The films they made early on included " Little Red Riding Hood, " " Puss in Boots, " " Alice in Wonderland, " and a series of " Aesop's Fables." This brought new business opportunities to his company.