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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Fables from Aesop	Aesop	Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop's Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to…	OL15112445W
Fables	Roger L'Estrange,Percy J. Billinghurst,Joseph Jacobs,Aesop	The world's oldest known collection of fables and folk tales. Some of the stories credited to Aesop, a Greek slave who lived in about the sixth century BCE, are known in every corner of the globe, su…	OL15464922W
Phaedri, Augusti Caesaris liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque	Gaius Julius Phaedrus	An adaptation by the Latin fabulist Phaedrus of the Greek fables of Aesop.	OL17013281W
Mr. Aesop's story shop	Hartman, Bob	A collection of ten fables, each introduced by Aesop, the freed slave turned master storyteller, who shares the events that inspired each tale.	OL17920187W
Aesop's fables	Aesop,Pat Ronson Stewart	A collection of concise stories told by the Greek slave, Aesop.	OL18150323W
Aesop's fables	Russell Ash,Aesop,Bernard Higton	A selection of Aesop's fables with illustrations from older editions, featuring such artists as Randolph Caldecott, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Alexander Calder.	OL18313597W
The classic treasury of Aesop's fables	Aesop,Don Daily	An illustrated collection of twenty fables originally told by the Greek slave, Aesop.	OL18316190W
The lion and the mouse	Doris Orgel	Presents twelve brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave.	OL1957576W
The town mouse and the country mouse and other fables	Aesop,Victoria Parker	An illustrated collection of fifteen animal fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.	OL24303562W
Aesop's fables	Tom Paxton	A collection of fables from Aesop retold in verse.	OL2636592W
Androcles and the lion, and other Aesop's fables	Tom Paxton	A collection of Aesop's fables, retold in verse, including "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," "The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey," and "The Wolf and the Crane."	OL2636593W
Birds of a feather and other Aesop's fables	Tom Paxton	An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including "The Laborer and the Nightingale," "The Frogs Choose a King," and " The Horse and the Donkey."	OL2636597W
Once in a wood	Eve Rice	A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including "The Fox and the Crow," "The Crow and the Water Jug," and "The Lion and the Mouse."	OL2938071W
Tales of Aesop	Karen Berg Douglas	Retells ten Aesop's fables, as well as the play "Androcles."	OL3190873W
Fables from Aesop	James Reeves	An illustrated collection of fifty-two fables retold from Aesop, including "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," "Ant and Grasshopper," and "The Bald Knight."	OL4084327W
Doctor Coyote	John Bierhorst	Coyote is featured in each of these Aztec interpretations of Aesop's fables. The illustrations are set in the twentieth century.	OL453276W
Tales from Aesop	Jones, Harold	Brief versions of twenty-one famous fables of Aesop.	OL5354820W
The exploding frog and other fables from Aesop	John B. McFarland	Retells 39 of Aesop's fables.	OL6332407W
The fables of Aesop	Ruth Spriggs	Retells 143 of Aesop's fables whose morals reflect virtues such as honesty, truth, goodness, and respect.	OL7093175W
The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables	Don Daily	54 p. : 28 cm	OL8502213W