Aesop

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1) Aesop's fables

Author

Aesop

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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Includes thirteen timeless tales brought to life through illustrations with new exhilarating perspectives.

2) The lion & the mouse

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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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.

3) The rabbit and the turtle: Aesop's fables

Author

Carle, Eric

Publisher

Orchard Books

Pub. Date

2008

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Retellings of eleven of Aesop's fables.

4) The tortoise & the hare

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Pub. Date

2013

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.

5) The grasshopper & the ants

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

2015.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1

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.

6) Aesop's fables

Publisher

SeaStar Books

Pub. Date

2000

Language

English

Description

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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."

7) Fox tails: four fables from Aesop

Author

Lowry, Amy

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

2012

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Four of Aesop's fables are combined in this tale about three animal friends who outsmart a tricky fox.

8) Twelve tales from Aesop: retold and illustrated

Author

Carle, Eric

Publisher

Philomel

Pub. Date

1980

Language

English

Description

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Retells 12 familiar Aesop's fables including "The Rabbit and the Turtle," "The Lion and the Mouse," and "The Wolf and the Lamb."

9) The town mouse and the country mouse: an Aesop fable

Author

Ward, Helen

Publisher

Templar Books

Pub. Date

2012

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

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.

10) The sun and the wind

Author

Mackinnon, Mairi

Series

Picture storybooks

Publisher

Usborne

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

11) Lousy rotten stinkin' grapes

Author

Palatini, Margie

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.

12) A sip of Aesop

Author

Yolen, Jane

Publisher

Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

c1995

Language

English

Description

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Retells, in verse, thirteen fables from the Greek slave, Aesop, including "The Hare and the Tortoise", "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", and "The Fox and the Stork."