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Aesop's Fables
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English

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Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

2) Belling the cat: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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The mice learn that "some things are easier said than done" when they try to get rid of their great enemy the cat.

3) The boy who cried wolf: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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A retelling of the fable in which a young boy's false cries for help cause him problems when he is really in need of assistance.

4) The Bremen town musicians: a retelling of the Grimms' fairy tale

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My First Classic Story
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English

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While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.

5) The country mouse and the city mouse: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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When the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life.

6) The crow and the pitcher: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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Read-It! Readers Fables
Read-it! readers. Yellow level

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English

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When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem.

7) The dog and the wolf: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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Read-It! Readers Fables
Read-it! readers. Yellow level

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English

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After meeting a well-fed dog, a half-starved wolf is ready to exchange his life in the wild for the daily comforts of food and shelter until he learns that a full belly is not worth the price of freedom.

8) The fox and the grapes: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.

9) The frog prince: a retelling of the Grimms' fairy tale

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English

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An easy-to-read retelling of the classic tale of a beautiful princess who makes a promise to a frog which she does not intend to keep.

10) The goose that laid the golden egg: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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A farmer learns a lesson in greed when one of his geese begins to lay one--and only one--golden egg each day.

11) Hansel and Gretel: a retelling of the Grimms' fairy tale

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English

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When they are left in the woods by their parents, two children find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.

12) The lion and the mouse: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.

13) Rumpelstiltskin: a retelling of the Grimms' fairy tale

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Read-it! readers. Green level

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English

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An easy-to-read retelling of a classic tale in which a strange man spins straw into gold, asks a huge reward, and offers a seemingly impossible way out of the deal.

14) The tortoise and the hare: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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Recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

15) Winter fun for Kat

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Read-It! Readers

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English

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Easy-to-read text lists all of the colorful clothes Kat puts on to get ready for winter snow.

16) The wolf in sheep's clothing: a retelling of Aesop's fable

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English

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Retells how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.

17) A year of fun

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Read-It! Readers

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English

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Easy-to-read text relates what Sam likes about each season of the year.

18) Bess and Tess

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Read-it! readers. Purple level

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English

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Easy-to-read text describes Lucy's two, very different dogs.

19) Bess y Tess

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Read-it! Readers en Español Story Collection
Read-it! readers. Purple level

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Español

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Easy-to-read text describes Lucy's two very different dogs.

20) The best soccer player

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Read-it! readers. Purple level

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English

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