Animal stories for kids fascinate and intrigue their curious minds. These tales do more than just entertain - they plant ...

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… ...

WASHINGTON — Aesop was a writer, possibly of African origin, who lived more than 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. But although he's long gone, his famous fables — or ...

Many of us learned the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in grade school. You will recall that once the mother pig sent her little pigs off into the world, ...

Bingsop's Fables: Little Morals for Big Business Stanley Bing. Harper Business, $19.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-199852-2 ...

Before writing the fable, students use their handhelds to read some of Aesop’s fables. Then a class spreadsheet is created and projected. This spreadsheet helps students identify the common elements ...

Its moral, in the formulaic Aesopian style, might be something like, “Wise counsel is rarely heeded by the wicked.” Or maybe: “ Don’t stand near cliffs with those you have angered.” ...