{"title":"Aesop's Fables","description":"\u003cp\u003eAesop's Fables gathers short moral tales credited to Aesop, a storyteller of ancient Greece. Start with Aesop's Fables; A New Translation for stories about choices, mistakes, and human behaviour. Read a 15-minute summary here, free to start, or order paperback, hardcover or large print, printed at cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aesops-fables-a-new-translation","title":"Fables d’Ésope ; nouvelle traduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA crow craves praise, a hare trusts speed, and a bored boy puts his village’s trust at risk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAesop’s Fables gathers short animal tales credited to Aesop, a storyteller of ancient Greece. In the fox and crow tale, a bird holds food in her beak while a hungry trickster turns to flattery. In the hare and tortoise tale, a slow creature challenges a confident runner to a race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lion and mouse tale brings power face to face with smallness. The shepherd boy’s tale puts honesty at stake, while the town and country mice raise questions about how to live. Each fable uses a setup, a turn, and a plain moral to explore human behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe lure of praise\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch the Fox find an opening in the Crow’s weakness for flattering words.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePatience takes its place\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the Tortoise, who answers the Hare’s mockery with a challenge rather than a boast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower meets the small\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a tiny Mouse who promises a favor to a proud and powerful Lion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrust under strain\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how the Shepherd Boy’s dangerous joke makes honesty a matter for the whole village.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA lesson in miniature\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how a brief setup and one turn give each fable its clear moral shape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for parents, teachers, curious readers, and speakers who want short stories that make a clear point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet creatures whose habits bring human behavior into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534575305052,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00297_en_ebook-front_c12.jpg?v=1792174909"},{"product_id":"aesops-fables-a-version-for-young-readers","title":"Les Fables d’Ésope : version pour les jeunes lecteurs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fox wants what he cannot reach—and a simple wish becomes a sharp lesson in human nature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eÆsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers, by J. H. Stickney and attributed to Aesop, brings together short moral tales about animals and people. A fox faces an unreachable prize. A powerful animal meets a weaker one. Small problems reveal desires, excuses, and choices that feel familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese animals boast, bargain, and envy one another. They seek clever escapes and ways to get what they want without paying the cost. Each story moves quickly toward a consequence, inviting readers to consider what honesty, effort, caution, gratitude, and restraint mean when a choice affects someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA fox and a wish\u003c\/strong\u003e – An unreachable prize invites questions about desire and how we respond to disappointment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrength meets weakness\u003c\/strong\u003e – An encounter between unequal animals makes power and its consequences easy to picture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFamiliar faults in fur\u003c\/strong\u003e – Boasting, envy, and bargaining turn animal encounters into recognizable glimpses of human behavior.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall choices that matter\u003c\/strong\u003e – Everyday decisions bring honesty, gratitude, and restraint into focus without grand acts of heroism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoom for good questions\u003c\/strong\u003e – Brief tales leave space to ask why characters act and what their choices cost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for young readers and families who enjoy brief animal stories with sharp consequences and plenty to discuss together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and see how much a small animal story can reveal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534611218780,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01665_en_ebook-front_c13.jpg?v=1792174955"},{"product_id":"the-aesop-for-children","title":"Les fables d’Ésope pour les enfants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can a tiny mouse teach a lion, or a slow tortoise teach a runner certain he will win?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aesop for Children gathers short fables attributed to Aesop, each ending with a plain line of advice. In The Lion and the Mouse, a small creature disturbs a powerful sleeper. In The Hare and the Tortoise, a proud runner treats his steady rival as a joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther tales bring temptation close. The Fox and the Crow begins with a crow holding cheese, while The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs introduces a farmer with plenty who still wants more. In The Boy Who Cried Wolf, a bored shepherd finds a dangerous amusement. Patience, greed, kindness, honesty and pride take shape in simple, memorable scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall creatures, real worth\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a mouse whose bold promise challenges the idea that size decides worth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA race of habits\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the hare and tortoise into a contest between proud speed and steady effort.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe pull of praise\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch flattery and pride shape encounters where clever words can lead others astray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe hunger for more\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider a farmer whose remarkable goose raises a sharp question about being content.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrust put at risk\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a shepherd boy whose lies make honesty feel urgent rather than abstract.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for parents and teachers seeking short stories to read aloud, young readers meeting their first tales, and anyone who enjoys sharp little lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let a small creature leave you with a lasting thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534662074716,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00814_en_ebook-front_c10.jpg?v=1792175023"},{"product_id":"aesops-fables-in-words-of-one-syllable","title":"Fables d’Ésope en mots d’une syllabe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fast hare boasts, a hungry fox schemes, and a tiny mouse has more to offer than anyone expects.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Æsop's Fables in Words of One Syllable, Mary Godolphin retells the tales credited to Aesop in plain words for young readers. 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Behind these small scenes lie questions about pride, trust, flattery and the strength we can overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePride meets a test\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch the boastful hare face a slow walker who refuses to lose his temper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe pull of wanting\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a hungry fox whose wish for grapes puts desire at the heart of the tale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWords that hide a trap\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the fox and the crow in a tale that warns against flattery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStrength in small creatures\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover why the tiny mouse deserves attention alongside the powerful king of beasts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall tales, clear lessons\u003c\/strong\u003e – Find brief, plain stories that help beginning readers think about how people act.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for parents, grandparents and teachers sharing short tales aloud, and young readers taking their first steps alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet a proud hare with a lesson still to learn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534662140252,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03641_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175023"}],"url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/collections\/aesops-fables.oembed","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}