fables

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Multicultural fables and fairy tales

stories and activities to promote literacy and cultural awareness
1993
Recounts 24 fairy tales with accompanying teaching suggestions and activity sheets.

The tortoise and the hare

2010
A proud hare brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and so when a tortoise challenges him to a race, the hare is confident that he will win.

The lion and the mouse

2010
A retelling of the well-known fable in which a little mouse saves the life of the King of Beasts.

The fox and the stork

2010
When sly Mr. Fox invites hungry Miss Stork to lunch but tricks her out of her portion, she devises a way to get the last laugh.

Feathers and tails

animal fables from around the world
1992
A collection of animal fables and folklore from such sources as the Bidpai fables, Aesop, Panchatantra, Grimm, and Wu Cheng-en.

The boy who cried wolf

2011
A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it is a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call.

The wolf in sheep's clothing

2011
A retelling of Aesop's fable about a hungry, but unlucky, wolf who tries to capture a tasty lamb for dinner by disguising himself in sheep's wool.

The fox and the grapes

2011
Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.

The two cars

2007
On a magic moonlit night, the sleek, shiny automatic new car and the beat-up old car with many miles on its speedometer go for a drive to see which car is the best.

The great race

2011
Retells the traditional tale of the tortoise and the hare as a match between the very vain Lever Lapin and Nate Turtle, who is tired of all of the publicity Lever's speed generates.

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