The Lion (ILLUSTRATED AESOP’S FABLES — LIFE LESSONS IN TODAY’S ENGLISH Book 4)

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The boastful hare challenges anybody to a race.

Aesop's Fables - Book 1: 80 Short Stories for Children - Illustrated

A tortoise, feeling confident, accepts the challenge. The hare laughs off the tortoise as a challenge but agrees to the race anyways. As the race begins, the hare takes off quickly leaving the ploddi Aesop's Fables. As the race begins, the hare takes off quickly leaving the plodding tortoise way behind.

The hare, impressed by his massive lead over the tortoise, takes a rest because he feels that the tortoise is too far behind to even matter. The hare falls asleep, and the slow but steady tortoise continues to plod his way pass the sleeping hare, and eventually to the finish line, beating the hare in the race. This fable uses a trickster tale motif to convey wisdom and to help explain human nature and human behavior. Persistence is key to winning a race.


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Steadiness and persistence wins over ego and boastfulness. The mouse begins to climb the Lion and wakes the Lion up. Angry that he has being woken up from his slumber, the Lion catches the Mouse. The Lion, tickled by this offer, agrees to let the mouse go. Time passes and the Lion is walking through the jungle. The hunter ties the Lion to a tree to find something to carry the large creature away. The Lion thought he was doomed.

Then the Mouse, whom the Lion let live, sees the Lion in trouble and begins to chew at the ropes. He chews and chews and chews. After a while, the Mouse is able to free the Lion. The Lion thanks the Mouse for helping him. This fable uses a trickster tale motif to explain a moral for human nature.

No good deed is ever overlooked, no matter how small and small things are capable of doing big things. He passed by an ant working hard and carrying corn to take back to his nest. The ant declined and said that he was working on getting food for the winter and suggested the grasshopper do the same. The ant continued to toil his food back to his nest. The winter came, and grasshopper had no food.

He soon died of hunger but saw the ant distributing the corn and grains that were stored from the summer. This fable uses a trickster tale motif to explain the moral of the story. Planning for the future is always a good idea. Sometimes living for immediate gratification can bring dire consequences. There are many versions for Aesop's fables.

This version concentrated on fables involving animals to tell stories and show morals. What separates this book from some other Aesop's fables books are the illustrations used throughout the book. The pictures filled the whole page and you can really tell what the story was about based on some of the pictures. This is a great children's book. I would recommend it for 3rd to 5th grade readers. This collection of folklore is intended for children ages Each fable is a paragraph or two long with a moral written at the end of it. The moral is generally one to two sentences long, and all of the morals still make sense in today's world.

Each fable is accompanied by an illustration, and the illustrations are bright and vibrant and go well with the fable they are illustrating. I believe that these fables would be very appealing to young readers because they are quick and fun to read. The This collection of folklore is intended for children ages The language is simple without being simplistic, with a few words here and there to challenge younger readers and to help them grow their vocabulary.

The messages within the book are very important, even if they aren't always good. Other messages, like "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted," provide a more positive message for young children and a reminder that even small kindnesses are incredibly important. I think that this book would be particularly useful in a classroom of young students because the morals at the end of each story could be discussed among the students.

It would be a great way to encourage debate among younger students. Feb 05, Dr. I read the two - this one and the other very similar, but not at the plot level, old book from another old culture - Panchatantra, around the same time, give or take a few years, many decades ago. Both teach lessons of dealing with the world, how people play games, and so forth.

Every child should read them. Especially those that need the skills to defend themselves socially, from those that would play various games to cheat or attack or worse. It might help, for some that can grow out of naivet I read the two - this one and the other very similar, but not at the plot level, old book from another old culture - Panchatantra, around the same time, give or take a few years, many decades ago.

It might help, for some that can grow out of naivete to defend themselves. Then again there might be those that never lose hope that the world is good and noble principles of justice are not to be given up, only to be taken a bite out of by someone who came pretending to be young and innocent and in need, and then bit the hand proffered to feed and help.

But of course, one should not lose hope, and perhaps other children might learn to be less naive and better able to defend themselves by learning to understand social games, by reading this book. Sep 23, Mekenna Price rated it it was amazing Shelves: Aesop's fables have been told in many different stories and illustrated in many ways, but some would argue that this version collected by Charles Santore is one of the most impressive and most inspirational.

The lessons are clearly stated at the end of each fable. Even the fables are easily understood. They are perfect for getting children to understand them. They are written in a dialogue that does not have difficult words to pronounce or words that a child might not understand.


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The story about Aesop's fables have been told in many different stories and illustrated in many ways, but some would argue that this version collected by Charles Santore is one of the most impressive and most inspirational. The story about the tortoise and the hare is a classic fable that most people will hear of. It reminds people that "slow and steady wins the race".

The illustrations for this particular story were incredible. They portrayed the lesson and the story extremely well. This is just one example of the many lessons that they have included in this amazing book. Charles Santore does a great job providing attention-grabbing artwork to go with these children's stories.

The short stories teach lessons about positive and negative character traits such as hypocrisy, kindness, conceit, contentment, and idleness. Each story ends with a moral. For example, The Wolf and the Crane ends with "In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains. I read it to my three-year-old son and it kept his attention throughout. The art work in this book were really amazing. I enjoyed how the illustrated betrayed the fables.

I like that under each story it tells you the moral of the story. The theme and characters appeal to children and the stories are often humorous and entertaining for kids of all ages. Fables can also be described as tales or yarns which have a message in their narrative such as a parable might have. Fables can often pass into our culture as myths and legends and used to teach about morals to children and kids. The Characters of Fables? The characters of fables and tales are usually animals who act and talk just like people whilst retaining their animal traits. This theme is especially appealing to children and kids.

Aesop's Fables Aesop's famous fables and scripts provide great entertainment for children and kids. The fables, or stories, are all very short so keep the attention of children and Aesop's fables feature familiar animals loved by children and kids. When were the first of Aesop's great Book of fables written?

Aesop's Fables by Charles Santore

It is not known exactly when the first Book of Aesop's fables were written as the fables were originally handed down from one generation to the next just like a myths, tales and legends. The cartoon style really brought the stories to life, and I can see children giggling over them as they read through these classic tales again and again. The book chose its fables well, both were thematically linked with the idea of greed as a human failing, and I believe that the book is formatted and executed in a way that makes this idea accessible without being preachy.

Also, I really liked the bonus puzzles that came with the book. They were age appropriate and related to the book's contents, which really helps create another layer of learning for children to explore. I'm looking forward to more from this author! Israel Drazin Top Contributor: Aesop's fables are important because they have significant lessons that children should learn.

This book contains two of the tales with illustrations that will fascinate kids. A goose laid a golden egg every morning. The farmer who owned the goose got greedy and decided to kill the goose to take all the golden eggs at once. But there were no eggs in the goose's body. A miser did not want to spend his gold. He placed it in a hole and came to dig it up and see it from time to time.

One day a thief saw him do it, came back later and stole the gold. When the miser returned and cried out, the people said to him: One person found this helpful. This is another book that shares Aesop's fables with the children today. Again, the illustrations are colorful and well done, and there is a moral to learn. In the entire story, the ONLY person illustrated as a child was the thief. What is THAT supposed to say to a child? That was a bad idea! Having the thief be a child? I deducted stars for this factor alone.

Otherwise it was a good book. These were more like the stories kids today want to read. These two short stories were very enjoyable! You just can't beat the classic Aesop's Fables and since they're in the public domain, it's a great and easy way to create new ebooks. Someone referred to the illustrations as "cheesy. However, our grandkids laugh and snicker at the cheesy illustrations. And I have to like anything that is clean and still makes them laugh and have fun!

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This book doesn't disappoint. And the life lessons we can teach them while they're having fun reading the book is are even more important than the fun.

Our family really enjoyed reading this book! Carolee Sings in the Christmas Choir: I thought this was a very fine ebook with some great moral lessons and not just for young kids but anyone alive, therefore I wish to recommend this for five stars as well as any age level.

Such great and colorful Images,too! I believe I may have received this ebook for free and so in return, here is my honest review. Aesop's fables are short stories that every child should be familiar with. I was thrilled to find this version of two of the most important fables for my kids. It was easy to read to them and best of all, easy for them to understand.

My daughters loved the pictures and my son really learned a lot from the lessons told in the book. Whether you have a pre-reader or an independent reader, this book is perfect for all ages. Aesop's fables are a classic way to teach kids valuable lessons, but they can be kind of difficult for them to understand. The author of this book did a great job making the fables easy to understand with simple content and engaging pictures. This book is a great tool for parents to use to teach their kids a few lessons while reaping the benefits of reading together.

I remember my mom reading me Aesop's Fables when I was a little girl.