Aesop
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The history of the fable likely does not originate with Aesop, however it is with him that we associate the fable's most ancient of known origins. Little is actually known of the life of Aesop. According to the historical accounts of Herodotus, Aristotle, and Plutarch, he was a slave from the Greek island of Samos who lived between 620 and 564 BC. Described as a strikingly ugly man he is said to have secured his freedom through his cleverness. Known...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle
7) Fables
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of Aesop's fables
12) Lion and mouse
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A modern update on the classic fable of the lion and the mouse shares the relationship between two unlikely friends.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.