Storytelling has, since ancient times, been an invaluable tool for imparting wisdom in a way that's both entertaining and ...

Foxes, lions, wolves, donkeys and tortoises. In Robin Waterfield’s translation of these ancient stories, animals are used to ...

AESOP’S FABLES Retold and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney SeaStar Books, 87 pages, $19.95 It never hurts to repeat the truth, as a newspaper editor of my acquaintance once observed. It especiall… ...

Aesop lived around the year 620 B.C in Greece. Though he was born into slavery, he later earned his freedom as a reward for his wit and skills as a storyteller. His fables reflect his valuation of ...

Beth Gorrie, director of the group, arrived at Aesop Park on July 16 without the excerpts from "Aesop's Fables," complete with Spanish translations, that she had prepared for the event.

Aesop's fables, many of which have animals acting like humans, all have a moral. That means they teach us a lesson, often about right and wrong.

Kylie Walsh (the hare) does not see that happening since she is much faster. Of course, as with all of Aesop’s fables, there is a moral to the story. In this case, slow and steady will win the race.

NEW YORK -- From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new ...

Though they were rendered ages ago, Aesop’s famous fables contain some financial lessons that can apply to people’s personal money situation today.

According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey ...