Aesop.

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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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

A retelling of Aesop's well-known fable in which a country mouse visits a town mouse and they find they prefer very different ways of life. Set in 1930s New York at Christmas.

When the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life.

In this graphic novel version of Aesop's "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", a young wolf desparate to befriend a herd of unicorns decides to knit herself a disguise in hopes that the unicorns will accept her. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

"In this modern-day re-telling of Aesop's fable 'The City Mouse and the Country Mouse,' Liz turns up her nose at farm cooking while Abby learns she prefers the peace of the farm to the excitement of the city"--

"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 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."