Milo Winter
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English
Description
One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop. Here are 126 of the best loved classic fables, including such favorites a'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.' 'The Hare and the Tortoise, ' and 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.' Each of these animal tales will delight and entertain readers today as they have done for centuries.
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English
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"The Robinsons leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things do not turn out as they had expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith as they struggle to survive and create a civilization of their own in the wilderness."--
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Publisher
Rand McNally
Pub. Date
[1919]
Language
English
Description
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were, written by a slave named Aesop, who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th-century BCE. Aesop's fables and the Indian tradition as represented by the Buddhist Jataka Tales and the Hindu Panchatantra share about a dozen tales in common although often widely differing in detail. There is, therefore, some debate over whether the Greeks learned these fables from Indian storytellers or the other...
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English
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Portrayal of good versus evil, as the young boy accompanies Long John Silver and his band of pirates in search of the buried treasure.
Publisher
Racehorse for Young Readers, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Passed down for thousands of years, Aesop s Fables is a collection of moral stories by the famed storyteller from ancient Greece. Reprinted and translated thousands of times over the past two millennia, this collection represents some of the most widely known and famous children s literature." --
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The history of the fable likely does not originate with Aesop, however it is with him that we associate the fable's most ancient of known origins. Little is actually known of the life of Aesop. According to the historical accounts of Herodotus, Aristotle, and Plutarch, he was a slave from the Greek island of Samos who lived between 620 and 564 BC. Described as a strikingly ugly man he is said to have secured his freedom through his cleverness. Known...
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English
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"[T]hree men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole and the corals of the Red Sea, and must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous." --
