WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITION: AESOP'S FABLES (Special Nook Edition) COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 FABLES BY AESOP Includes The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf

WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITION: AESOP'S FABLES (Special Nook Edition) COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 FABLES BY AESOP Includes The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf

WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITION: AESOP'S FABLES (Special Nook Edition) COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 FABLES BY AESOP Includes The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf

WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITION: AESOP'S FABLES (Special Nook Edition) COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 FABLES BY AESOP Includes The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITION: AESOP'S FABLES

(Special Nook Edition)
COMPLETE COLLECTION OF OVER 300 FABLES BY AESOP

Includes The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and Over 300 More Classic Fables

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ABOUT AESOP'S FABLES

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller supposed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of the stories, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world.


PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
THE BAT AND THE WEASELS
THE ASS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE LION AND THE MOUSE
THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER
THE FATHER AND HIS SONS
THE BOY HUNTING LOCUSTS
THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
THE KINGDOM OF THE LION
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
THE FISHERMAN PIPING
HERCULES AND THE WAGONER
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE TRAVELER AND HIS DOG
THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
THE MOLE AND HIS MOTHER
THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
THE POMEGRANATE, APPLE-TREE, AND BRAMBLE
THE FARMER AND THE STORK
THE FARMER AND THE SNAKE
THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER
THE BEAR AND THE FOX
THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR
THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION
THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE
THE FLIES AND THE HONEY-POT
THE MAN AND THE LION
THE FARMER AND THE CRANES
THE DOG IN THE MANGER
THE FOX AND THE GOAT
THE BEAR AND THE TWO TRAVELERS
THE OXEN AND THE AXLE-TREES
THE THIRSTY PIGEON
THE RAVEN AND THE SWAN
THE GOAT AND THE GOATHERD
THE MISER
THE SICK LION
THE HORSE AND GROOM
THE ASS AND THE LAPDOG
THE LIONESS
THE BOASTING TRAVELER
THE CAT AND THE COCK
THE PIGLET, THE SHEEP, AND THE GOAT
THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS
THE LION IN LOVE
THE LABORER AND THE SNAKE
THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
THE ASS AND THE MULE
THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
THE SICK STAG
THE SALT MERCHANT AND HIS ASS
THE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERS
THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX
THE VAIN JACKDAW
THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS
THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG
THE FOX WHO HAD LOST HIS TAIL
THE BOY AND THE NETTLES
THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS
THE ASTRONOMER
THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE PHYSICIAN
THE FIGHTING COCKS AND THE EAGLE
THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER
THE FOX AND THE MONKEY
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER
THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS
THE VINE AND THE GOAT
JUPITER AND THE MONKEY
THE WIDOW AND HER LITTLE MAIDENS
THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF
THE CAT AND THE BIRDS
THE KID AND THE WOLF
THE OX AND THE FROG
THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF
THE FATHER AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS
THE FARMER AND HIS SONS
THE CRAB AND ITS MOTHER
THE HEIFER AND THE OX
THE SWALLOW, THE SERPENT, AND THE COURT OF JUSTICE
THE THIEF AND HIS MOTHER
THE OLD MAN AND DEATH
THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE
THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK
THE MAN BITTEN BY A DOG
THE TWO POTS
THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP
THE AETHIOP
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS NETS
THE HUNTSMAN AND THE FISHERMAN
THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR
THE FOX AND THE CROW
THE TWO DOGS
THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL
THE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONS
THE WIDOW AND THE SHEEP
THE WILD ASS AND THE LION
THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW
THE SICK KITE
THE LION AND THE DOLPHIN
THE LION AND THE BOAR
THE ONE-EYED DOE
THE SHEPHERD AND THE SEA
THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION
THE MICE AND THE WEASELS
THE MICE IN COUNCIL
THE WOLF AND THE HOUSEDOG
THE RIVERS AND THE SEA
THE PLAYFUL ASS
THE THREE TRADESMEN
THE MASTER AND HIS DOGS
THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDS
THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT
THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE
THE TWO TRAVELERS AND THE AXE
THE OLD LION
THE OLD HOUND

And MUCH MORE!

Product Details

BN ID: 2940013087187
Publisher: Aesop's Fables - The Complete Edition
Publication date: 08/21/2011
Series: Aesop's Fables - The Complete Edition , #1
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 258 KB
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Aesop or Esop (c. 620-564 BCE) was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables, although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive. Numerous tales appearing under his name were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics.
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