| Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620?560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind an....[more] |
| Mouse is curious about life outside his quiet home in the hold of the sailing ship, and so he sets off to do some exploring. Ignoring the warnings of his mother, he looks for adventure on the ship's deck and falls overboard. Eventually he is washed ashore and finds himself in the jungle. Luckily, the animals he meets do their best to help him out . . . even Lion, the fiercest of them all. But how can tiny Mouse return the favor of the great King of the Jungle? Mouse's jungle adventures are cleve....[more] |
1962
| Harry Hare loves running - and he loves talking about it too. When he suggests a race, nobody expects Tom Tortoise to take up the challenge. Does Tom really think he can beat the fastest hare in history? |
1981
| Aesop is said to have lived in the sixth century B.C., a slave on the Greek island of Samos. The eternally entertaining tales attributed to him–in which the fates of sly foxes, wicked wolves, industrious ants, and others, suggest what our own behaviors should (or should not) be–have been universal "best-sellers" since before L'Estrange's definitive 1692 English translation. Gooden's superb engravings were first published in 1936 in a limited edition. |
1971
| This charming tale, first told by Aesop, has enchanted children for generations. Discover what happens when a town mouse comes to visit his country cousin. |
1954
| Rich selection of time honored tales by legendary Greek storyteller offers youngsters valuable lessons and insights into life. Includes "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Old Man and Death," "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," and dozens more. Includes 170 of Richard Heighway's classic illustrations. |
1981
| Here are 126 of the best loved classic fables, including such favorites as 'The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse, ' 'The Hare And The Tortoise, ' and 'The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing.' Each of these animal tales will delight and entertain readers today as they have done for centuries. |
| The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can force a man to remove his cape. |
1979
| The Aesop fables are an important component of every child's literary experience and this collection of the tales is intended for children to read all by themselves. From "The Lion and the Mouse" to "The Crow and the Water Jug", Rice retells the famous tales in clear, vivid prose. Black-and-white illustrations. |
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