When an arrogant hare thinks he's the best around, who could possibly bring him down? One determined tortoise is about to try! Readers will delight in this beautiful retelling of one of Aesop's most beloved fables. Clean, simple language makes the story accessible, while adorable illustrations draw in even reluctant readers. As they follow the epic race between hare and tortoise, readers will see how boastfulness can catch up to even the fastest runner,...

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.

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call.

Carrying her pail of milk upon her head, a milkmaid daydreams of what she will purchase once she sells the milk at market. But the milk is spilt before the maid can sell it.

While an ant works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter, her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun. Includes a word puzzle and reading tips for parents.

A young shepherd boy amuses himself by summoning the adults from his village with false alarms, then learns the importance of honesty.

A fox plays a trick on a stork, but when the tables are turned the fox learns a valuable lesson about how to treat others.

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.

"The classic tale of 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse' highlights that one can live in peace and happiness in a poorer home--and appreciate it! It also shows the virtue of knowing yourself and in what environments you thrive. Such lessons can be hard to learn without living through them, but Aesop's fables present them to readers in an understandable, lively way. Colorful illustrations spark readers' imagination as they absorb each lesson through...

English books for kids. Children’s stories in English.