A simplified version of the familiar fable featuring a kitten who becomes bored with guarding a stack of toys and decides to cry "dog" and watch the villagers come running, until the day a dog is really there and no one answers his call. Includes a note on the history of the tale.

A king finds himself bitterly regretting the consequences of his wish that everything he touches would turn to gold.

"As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable fables have brought amusing characters to life and driven home thought-provoking morals for generations of readers. Full of humor, insight, and wit, the fables champion the value of hard work and perseverence, compasson for others, and honesty. They are age-old wisdom in a delicious form, for the consumption of adults and children...

A retelling of the well-known fable in which a fox plays upon a crow's vanity to steal a piece of bread.

An illustrated collection of more than 300 fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.

"The cruel North Wind and the kind Sun vie to take the coats from three sisters out on a walk"--

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

Verse versions of fables reprinted from the author's Fables from Aesop.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare, ' Henry races against Michael, the fastest runner in school"--