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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
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells thirteen of Aesop's fables, with each short poem inviting two readers to read their own parts, and then read the passage in the central column together.
Publisher
SeaStar Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants, " "The North Wind and the Sun, " "Androcles and the Lion, " "The Troublesome Dog, " and "The Fox and the Stork."
8) Fables
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Author
Publisher
Lion Children's
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First hardback edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of ten fables, each introduced by Aesop, the freed slave turned master storyteller, who shares the events that inspired each tale.
Author
Language
English
Description
Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
15) Aesop's fables
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Beautiful illustration throughout enhances this wonderful collection of timeless tales, including "The Sun and the Wind, " "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, " "The Fox and the Grapes, " and many others.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents ten animal stories, each containing a moral lesson, including the importance of being humble, the dangers of being too proud, the importance of generosity and sharing, and how everyone, no matter how small, has a part to play in life.
20) Aesop's fables
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Here are 16 of Aesop's wise, witty and timeless fables, portrayed for the first time in an African setting. This is an exciting new interpretation of one of the world's great classics. This unique story collection is vividly illustrated by Beverley Naidoo's fellow South African Piet Grobler, an internationally acclaimed illustrator.
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