Aesop's Fables

by Anna Milbourne

Book Overview

Have you ever heard the story of the mouse who saved a lion's life? How about the tortoise who won a race? Or the camel who tried to dance? These wonderful stories, told by an Ancient Greek called... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079451135X
• ISBN13: 9780794511357
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Usborne Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

I love this book!

I simply love this book! It's really an easy-read. Colorful Illustration. Short stories to captivate children until they get used to reading longer and longer stories. I know there are tons more stories out there for Aesop's Fables other than the popular ones featured on this one, and I wish they'd make a whole collection of those, too, I would buy them for sure! Also, as everyone knows, most children's stories were originally spun out of dark gloomy stories or myths that were aimed for adults rather than children from old times (such as Andersen stories or Greek Myth or what not). So even if I try to find a good Andersen story book for children, it does have some gruesome bits (like Hensel Gretel putting witch in the stove or what not...). I never really paid much attention to that when I read them when I was a kid actually, but now that I'm a parent, I'm wondering if it would bother my child or she'd just completely ignore that aspect like I did as a child. But unlike those tales, Aesop's Fables are all nice stories, there are outwitted fox and rabbits for being too arrogant or playing tricks too much or what not, but not a gruesome ending for the real villain.

Lovely book!

Has all of the classics and our daughter just loves flipping through the pages to look at the art. It's a keeper!

Excellent vendor and excellent book

This vendor ships promplty and the merchandise is as advertised. The book is outstanding -- a must for any children's library !! Very practical morally sound stories.

Brings back memories

Bought this a a birthday gift for the little one. She loves it! We read a story every night before she goes to bed. Lovely illustrations too. Not too complicated for your toddler or younger ones.

Fables I grew up with - simple and well illustrated

I bought this book for my daughter because I grew up with these stories and I wanted my daughter to read them too. She loves the simple stories with a moral at the end. She often relates the morals to her own life and things she does. She will ask for many of the stories by name and will even tell us the stories in her abbreviated form. I'm really glad I bought this book for her.