Aesop

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1) Aesop's fables

Author

Aesop

Series

Puffin classics
Word cloud classics
Tantor unabridged classics
Giant golden book

Language

English

Appears on list

Classics

Formats

Book, CD Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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"Many of these fables are so well known they have given us everyday phrases such as "sour grapes" and "dog in the manger." but even the rarer ones seem familiar, because their simple morals reflect all aspects of human nature. From the tortoise and the hare to the mouse and the lion, the timeless wisdom and wit of Aesop's fables are as entertaining as ever"--Cover verso.

2) Aesop's Fables: A New Revised Version From Original Sources

Author

Aesop

Language

English

3) The Aesop for Children: With pictures by Milo Winter

Author

Aesop

Language

English

4) The Hare and the tortoise

Author

Aesop

Pub. Date

1985.

Physical Desc

26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Relates the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

5) Appleseed

Author

Aesop Rock

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

1 audio disc (approximately 32 min.) : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Aesop Rock's second self-issued release.

6) The fables of Aesop

Author

Aesop

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

xviii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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FAIRY TALES, FOLK TALES, FABLES, MAGICAL TALES & TRADITIONAL STORIES. This brilliant new hardcover version of Aesop's timeless tales offers a fresh take on the classic 1909 Hodder and Stoughton edition. Newly reset and decorated with ornate borders and running heads, this edition features more than 300 of the legendary fabulist's brief but pithy morality tales. The stories are further embellished by 23 full-page color images and numerous black-and-white...

7) Treasury of Aesop's fables

Author

Aesop

Pub. Date

[1973]

Physical Desc

ix, 138 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

8) The lion and the bull and other fables

Author

Aesop

Series

Aesop's fables

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

40 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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"In 'The Athenian and the Theban, ' a man from Athens and a man from Thebes discuss whether Hercules or Theseus was a greater hero. Ultimately, the Athenian out-argues the Theban and Theseus's brain is chosen over Hercules's brawn. A fable of Aesop, an ancient Greek, this story and the many others like it expose readers to Aesop's culture while communicating morals that continue to resonate today. Readers will love the succinct, simple structure of...

9) The lion & the mouse

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal Winners

Formats

Book, Book + Audio CD

Description

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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.

10) The town mouse and the country mouse

Author

Ward, Helen

Pub. Date

2012.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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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.

11) The grasshopper & the ants

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Pub. Date

2015.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.

12) The tortoise & the hare

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Pub. Date

2013.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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

13) The tortoise and the hare: an Aesop fable

Author

Stevens, Janet

Pub. Date

[1984]

Physical Desc

pages ; cm.

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.

14) The ant and the grasshopper

Author

Lowry, Amy

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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Retells the fable about a colony of industrious ants which busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

15) The city mouse and the country mouse

Author

Percy, Graham

Series

Aesop's fables

Pub. Date

2010.

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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

16) The tortoise and the hare

Author

Percy, Graham

Series

Aesop's fables

Pub. Date

2010.

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A proud hare brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and so when a tortoise challenges him to a race, the hare is confident that he will win.