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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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"A special 25th anniversary edition of Paulo Coehlo's extraordinary international bestselling phenomenon--the inspiring spiritual tale of self-discovery that has touched millions of lives around the world. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
123 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia, and Africa, but when ... Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales and as part of the Arabic storytelling tradition. When he migrated to the Netherlands, he shaped twenty of those tales into his debut book for children, which was translated to English by Laura Watkinson....
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
8) Fables
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p.
Language
English
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
10) Aesop's fables
Publisher
Doubleday, Page
Pub. Date
1979, c1912
Physical Desc
xxix, 223 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents over two-hundred fables including "The Hare and the Tortoise" and "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing."
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
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