fables

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Once in a wood

ten tales from Aesop
1979
A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including "The Fox and the Crow, " "The Crow and the Water Jug, " and "The Lion and the Mouse.".

Twelve tales from Aesop

retold and illustrated
1980
Retells twelve familiar Aesop's fables including "The Rabbit and the Turtle, " "The Lion and the Mouse, " and "The Wolf and the Lamb.".

The town mouse and the country mouse

2012
A town mouse and a country mouse exchange visits and discover each is suited to his own home.

The race

2006
A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

The tortoise and the hare

an Aesop's fable
2004
Presents an illustrated retelling of Aesop's fable about a boastful rabbit whose overconfidence leads to his defeat in a race against the slow-but-sure tortoise.

Ackamarackus

Julius Lester's sumptuously silly fantastically funny fables
2001
A collection of six original fables with morals both silly and serious.

Aesop's fox

1999
Several fables from Aesop are adapted and woven into a story about the adventures of a fox.

The boy who cried "Wolf!"

1994
Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end.

Chanticleer and the fox

1958
A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

The contest between the Sun and the Wind

an Aesop's fable
2008
The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.

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