Aesop/ Imai, Ayano (ILT)
Summary: Presents a collection of thirteen animal fables first told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 AESForest, Heather.
Summary: Listen along as professional storyteller Heather Forest retells nineteen of Aesop's fables in song.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: August House, Inc. 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 398.245 FORPinkney, Jerry.
Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic/Weston Woods 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LIOOrgel, Doris.
Summary: Presents twelve brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2000
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Summary: Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINPinkney, Jerry.
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE PINCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott PinkneyStevens, Janet.
Summary: Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1984
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Fairy StevensPalatini, Margie.
Summary: Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PALCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PALPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: "No one can stand to be around the hare. He constantly brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and his boastfulness bothers all the animals in the forest. One day, a tortoise challenges him to a race. When the hare gains a huge lead, he takes a rest. By the time he reaches the finish line, the hare learns that slow and steady wins the race"--P. [4] of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUFoxe, Steve
Summary: In this graphic novel version of Aesop's "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg," a young girl named Val helps a wounded (and gassy) goose and is rewarded with golden eggs, but when Val's greedy relatives abuse the goose, they are rewarded with a different type of egg. Includes a classic retelling of the fable, visual questions, and a glossary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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Summary: A simplified version of the familiar fable featuring a kitten who becomes bored with guarding a stack of toys and decides to cry "dog" and watch the villagers come running, until the day a dog is really there and no one answers his call. Includes a note on the history of the tale.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE GUIHoena, B. A.
Summary: A modern song retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise. Includes a brief introduction to Aesop, sheet music, glossary, discussion questions, and further reading.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J BLUE TORPiumini, Roberto.
Summary: A clever fox uses flattery to outwit a vain raven and thereby obtain his piece of cheese.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 PIUAesop's
Summary: In this collection of over three hundred fables, Aesop masterfully unravels the morals behind every action in human nature. Includes the favorites "The Shepherd-Boy and the Wolf," " The Tortoise and the Hare" and " The Dog and the Shadow." These time-honored morals teach children that persuasion is better than force, slow but steady wins the race, and look before you leap.A fable is often...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Engage Books 2020