Jean de La Fontaine
(1621 - 1695)
Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely-read poet. He is known above all for his Fables.
Bibliography
The Animal Story Book (1901)
One of twenty volumes of the Young Folks’ Library, Thomas Bailey Aldrich editor-in-chief. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Jean de La Fontaine
Rudyard Kipling
Ernest Thompson Seton
Anna Sewell
Fables de La Fontaine a Selection (1885)
Seventy-one of La Fontaine’s fables in French with an introduction, notes and vocabulary. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Fables of La Fontaine (1940)
A selection from the famous French fabulist.
The Fables of La Fontaine (1963)
Familiar fables of the French master.
Richard Scarry
La Fontaine Fables Choisies pour les Enfants (1888)
Fables in the original French. The illustrations are simpler than other works by de Monvel. Read for free online at the Library of Congress.