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Fables (La Fontaine/Aesop) Genre

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Books in the Fables (La Fontaine/Aesop) genre:

Aesop’s Fables (1941)

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Here are all the old familiar fables from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Crow and many others that are not as well known.  This is The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf edition.  It is a smaller format than the original Heritage ... View More

Author(s): Aesop
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Sun and The Wind and Mr. Todd (1943)

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Mr. Todd, scion of a long line of weathermen, solves the problem of how to be always correct about the weather, with a little help from the Wind and the Sun. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew and their History Traced (1950)

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Joseph Jacobs selects eighty-two of Aesop’s fables.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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A Bird in the Hand: Sayings From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1951)

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A collection of Ben Franklin’s most well known sayings. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Benjamin Franklin
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)

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A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Willy Ley
Various
Illustrator(s): Chesley Bonestell
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 18 (1959)

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An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Johnny Gruelle
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al

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The Country Mouse and the City Mouse and other Aesop’s Fables (1961)

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Includes The Country Mouse and the City Mouse, The Fox and the Crow and The Dog and His Bone. Red online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 2 (1962)

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This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
Charles Perrault
Howard Pyle
Ruth Sawyer
Et al
Illustrator(s): Roger Duvoisin
Irwin Greenberg
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al

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The Fables of La Fontaine (1963)

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Familiar fables of the French master.

Author(s): Jean de La Fontaine
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)

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This is a large omnibus selected from Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Richard Scarry’s Best Stories Ever (1971)

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An anthology of Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.

Author(s): Vivienne Benstead
Kathryn Jackson
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Aesop’s Fables (1985)

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Michael Hague selected his favorite fables from Aesop and illustrated them with paintings in his beautiful style. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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Tomie dePaola’s Favorite Nursery Tales (1986)

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Thirty favorite stories from the annals of childrens books.

Read online at archive.org. 

 

Author(s): Aesop
Hans Christian Andersen
Anonymous
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Edward Lear
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Tomie dePaola

Anno’s Aesop (1987)

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Mitsumasa Anno re-presents select fables from Aesop, adding commentary by little Freddy Fox and his father. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

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Aesop’s Fables (2000)

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Sixty famous and familiar fables.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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The Lion & the Mouse (2009)

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The mightiest need not disdain the aid of the least.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 2010
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Mouse & Lion (2011)

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The King of Beasts graciously lets the Mouse go on his way, and the mouse returns the favor. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Rand Burkert
Illustrator(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert

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The Tortoise & the Hare (2013)

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The tortoise wins again.

Author(s): Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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The Grasshopper & the Ants (2015)

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An ancient fable on the value of thrift.

Author(s): Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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