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Aesop's Fables
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Aesop's Fables are a great collection of influencing tales that teach children about right and wrong, good and bad, kindness and meanness, generosity and greediness, just to name a few. In fact, fables and fairy tales have been used throughout history as a popular method in the instructions of developing good morals.
| You will find that many fables will use animals, fairies, plants, and mythical/fantasy creatures as their "teaching tools," often depicting human behaviors. A lot of the stories of Aesop include animals, as well as people. These tales that we heard as children are unforgettable... like the grasshopper that plays while the ants work preparing for winter... or the proud lion who is helped by a small mouse. These stories, and others, teach us about human virtue, and our own foolishness, with their colorful characters. |
These wonderfully written short tales have inspired readers throughout history with their quick and witty moral themes. They were first told by a Greek slave over 2600 years ago, and their influences are still as valuable today as they were then. (You can read the history of Aesop's Fables here.)
| Below, is a collection of many of the inspiring fables of Aesop. While reading them online is fine, you may wish to also pick up your own specially illustrated books to read to your children at bedtime or whenever you wish to cuddle up on the couch for story time. (After all, it's kind of hard to snuggle up with a "good computer".) |
You can even download the stories in MP3 format
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The Man, His Son, and Their Donkey
The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse
| The Fables of Aesop and Their Moral Lessons |
 The McElderry Book of Aesop's Fables  | The McElderry Book of Aesop's Fables Ancient Aesop swings into the twenty-first century in this bright new collection of twenty-one favorite fables. Here are all the classic tales: the greedy dog who loses his bone to his own reflection in the water; the little mouse who pays back the grand lion in a big, big way; and the shepherd's son who thinks it's a good joke to cry "Wolf!" just to see the villagers come running. And, of course, there's that arrogant hare and his racing partner, the slow but steady tortoise. Ages 4 to 8. |
 Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)  | Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collectionsof prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English. |
 The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School  | The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School Hero's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do the squirrel dance and wear a school bus name tag. The moral of his story? Be careful what you wish for. Then there's Amisha Spelwadi, who can spell wildebeest, no problem. When Mr. Jupiter asks the class to spell cat, all Amisha can come up with is kat. The moral: Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Kids will laugh out loud as they learn tried-and-true lessons in this funny, fast-paced book. |
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