fables

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The lion and the mouse

an Aesop tale retold
1986
An easy-to-read retelling of the well-known fable in which a little mouse saves the life of the King of Beasts.

Country mouse and city mouse

1985
An easy-to-read retelling of the well-known fable about two mice and the discovery they make.

The rich man and the shoe-maker

a fable
1999
A rich man gives a shoemaker a bag of gold to keep him from singing, and the shoemaker learns a lesson about money and happiness.

The miller, the boy, and the donkey

1999
The miller and his boy encounter the frustrating advice of many people on the way to town to sell a donkey.

The lion and the rat

a fable
1999
A retelling of the La Fontaine fable in which a small rat is the only animal capable of saving the life of the King of the Beasts.

The hare and the tortoise

1999
Retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

The hare and the tortoise

based on the fable by La Fontaine
1992
A fable about a hare who thought he could easily win a race and a tortoise who taught him a lesson.

You read to me, I'll read to you

very short fables to read together
2013
A collection of short retellings of Aesop's fables, each told in two voices designed especially for young children and adults to read together.

Aesop's fables

2010
A collection of short moral tales first told by the Greek slave Aesop.

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