The lion and the mouse

By Kathleen Olmstead

A retelling of the well-known fable in which a little mouse saves the life of the King of Beasts.

Aesop s fables

By Charles Santore

A collection of short moral tales first told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Crow and the Pitcher

By Eric Blair, Dianne Silverman

Dog and the Wolf

By Eric Blair, Dianne Silverman

Belling the cat

By Eric Blair

The mice learn that "some things are easier said than done" when they try to get rid of their great enemy the cat.

The ant and the grasshopper

By White Mark

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

The donkey in the lion s skin

By Eric Blair

After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest until he meets a clever fox.

The boy who cried wolf

By Eric Blair

A retelling of the fable in which a young boy's false cries for help cause him problems when he is really in need of assistance.

The fox and the grapes

By White Mark

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

The wolf in sheep s clothing

By White Mark

Retells how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.