fables

A tiny mouse helps a mighty lion, who had once showed him mercy, escape from a trap.

Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end.

Based on the fable about a Greek tailor's conversion to Christianity, his befriending of a lion, and gladiatorial experience in Nero's Coliseum.

The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can force a man to remove his cape.

In this humorous retelling of the classic fable, the tortoise, Balderdash, describes how his race with Jiffy the Hare (who was actually pretty slow for a hare), launched his career as a comedian.

While an ant works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter, her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

Illustrations and simple text written in both English and Swahili present two fables including the "Fox and the Crane" where Fox intends to trick Crane when he comes to tea; and "The King of the Forest, " where Fox tries to outwit the tiger.

Illustrations and simple text written in both English and Somali present two fables including the "Fox and the Crane" where Fox intends to trick Crane when he comes to tea; and "The King of the Forest, " where Fox tries to outwit the tiger.

Presents a collection of classic Aesop fables.

Presents an unabridged reading of George Orwell's political satire in which the animals take over running the farm, but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.