fables

Retellings of the classic Aesop fables.

On her way into the city, a young milkmaid dreams of all the things she will buy after she sells her milk. She gets so excited about her dreams that she trips and spills all of the milk.

Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.

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.

A collection of familiar short moral tales, including "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "Monkey See, Monkey Do.".

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

Nine of Aesop's fables reinterpreted in rhymed iambic tetrameter.

Presents a satirical tale about two dreamers who search for an unknown island and their quest uncovers a surprising ending.

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.

A mother lark whose nest in the farmer's corn is threatened by the coming harvest uses wisdom in deciding when to move her babies.