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A collection of familiar short moral tales.

After meeting a well-fed dog, a half-starved wolf is ready to exchange his life in the wild for the daily comforts of food and shelter until he learns that a full belly is not worth the price of freedom.

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem.

Thirty fables of Aesop, including "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," and "Androcles and the Lion."

Based on the fable about a Greek tailor's conversion to Christianity, his befriending of a lion, and gladitorial experience in Nero's Coliseum.

A bored young shepherd cries "wolf" in order to trick the townspeople into coming to his aid, but when a wolf really does appear one day, the townspeople ignore his pleas for help.

Introduces young readers to the story of Aesop and his fables, explores the concept of a fable, presents Aesop's The hare and the tortoise in its entirety, and highlights some of the important lessons that can be learned from this particular fable. Includes QR codes that provide access to book-specific resources for further learning.

A collection of animal fables and folklore from such sources as the Bidpai fables, Aesop, Panchatantra, Grimm, and Wu Cheng-en.

A collection of fables retold from Aesop, including "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," and "The Fox and the Grapes"