Each volume includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.

The old fable about a race between a tortoise and a hare, in which the boastful hare learns a lesson.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.

The classic tale of the difference of living in the city and the country.

Retelling of the Aesop fable based on Walt Disney's original short film of the grasshopper who fiddles and frolics during the summer while the ants store food for winter.

Retellings of eleven of Aesop's fables.

After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest until he meets a clever fox.