"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 collection of short moral tales 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"--

Adaptations of eighty-two of Aesop's best known fables. Includes a brief history of the fables.

Three of Aesop's fables are retold with rebuses and repeatable refrains.

An anthology of brief well-known fairy tales and Aesop's fables.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The Lion and the Mouse, ' James doesn't turn in a misbehaving kindergartner and in turn, she helps him"--

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

A selection of Aesop's fables with illustrations from older editions, featuring such artists as Randolph Caldecott, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Alexander Calder.

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