Fables and Their Morals: The Fighting Roosters and the Eagle to the Lion in Love

Fables are one of the oldest story forms. From the great story-teller Aesop to Beatrix Potter, writers have used stories of animals with human characteristics to entertain and instruct audiences for millennia.In the four-book series Fables & Their Morals, 100 fables attributed to Aesop are retold and illustrated with turn-of-the-century color drawings. Readers will relive the moment when Androcles faces certain death in “Androcles and the Lion” and share the irony of the wolf whose schemes backfire in “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.”Each book also contains an account of the legends surrounding Aesop’s life as well as an introduction to how fables have developed in Eastern and Western cultures. A bibliography of recent books will direct readers to other resources that explain or recount fables.