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Aesop

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Amorium

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Children's, Fiction, Fable

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620 BC - 564 BC
Tradition considers Greek fabulist Aesop as the author of Aesop's Fables , including "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Fox and the Grapes."

This credited ancient man told numerous now collectively known stories. None of his writings, if they ever existed, survive; despite his uncertain existence, people gathered and credited numerous tales across the centuries in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Generally human characteristics of animals and inanimate objects that speak and solve problems characterize many of the tales.

One can find scattered details of his life in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work, called The Aesop Romance t ...more

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	Aesop’s Fables 4.05 avg rating — 129,999 ratings — published -560 — 1315 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aesop for Children by Aesop, Milo Winter (Illustrator), H.Y. Xiao (Translation) 4.30 avg rating — 7,708 ratings — published 1919 — 249 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What The Fox Learnt: Four Fables from Aesop 3.68 avg rating — 2,589 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lessons from the Lion, the Ox and their little friends (illustrated) (Four fables from Aesop Book 2) 3.67 avg rating — 834 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon by Aesop, Robert Temple (Translator), Olivia Temple (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 781 ratings — published -560 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables 4.35 avg rating — 486 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hare and the Tortoise by Aesop, Shirley-Anne Carver 4.06 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 1962 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs 4.02 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aesop's Fables: The Classic Edition by acclaimed illustrator, Charles Santore by Aesop, Charles Santore (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 122 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treasury of Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Oliver Goldsmith 4.02 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fables (9 books)
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V.S. Vernon Jones (Translator),

Kim Braun (Narrator),

Marian Brown (Narrator),

Mike Phillips (Narrator),

rk (Narrator),

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Classic Tales for the Cellphone Generation (1 book)
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
― Aesop

tags: compassion, inspirational, kindness

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“Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

tags: life-lessons

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“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
― Aesop, Aesop’s Fables

tags: disguise, double-talk, enemies, falsehood, friends, friendship, reliability

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