fables

Recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest until he meets a clever fox.

After meeting a well-fed dog, a half-starved wolf is ready to exchange his life in the wild for the daily comforts of food and shelter until he learns that a full belly is not worth the price of freedom.

When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem.

When the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life.

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it 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. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life.

A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.