A collection of the brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a Greek slave.

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were, written by a slave named Aesop, who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th-century BCE. Aesop's fables and the Indian tradition as represented by the Buddhist Jataka Tales and the Hindu Panchatantra share about a dozen tales in common although often widely differing in detail. There is, therefore, some debate over whether the Greeks learned these fables from Indian storytellers or the other...

Retellings of fifteen fables from Aesop, including, among others, "The Stag at the Pool," "The Lion and the Mouse," and "The Vain Jackdaw."

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Lion and the Mouse,' James doesn't turn in a misbehaving kindergartner and in turn, she helps him"--

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare,' Henry races against Michael, the fastest runner in school"--

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

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A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call.

A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including "The Fox and the Crow," "The Crow and the Water Jug," and "The Lion and the Mouse."

A retelling of the fable in which a young boy's false cries for help cause him problems when he is really in need of assistance.