Aesop

A collection of the classic fables includes Sour Grapes, Slow but Sure, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, and more than two hundred others. Many of these tales are so well known they have given us phrases we use every day, like dog in the manger or sour grapes, but even the rarer ones seem familiar, because their simple morals are based on universal truths. From the tortoise and the hare or the boy who cried wolf to the treacherous partridge or big and...

After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there's no place like home.

A modern update on the classic fable of the lion and the mouse shares the relationship between two unlikely friends.

While an ant works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter, her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

A retelling of the well-known fable in which a little mouse saves the life of the King of Beasts. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.