University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, a book of stories, hymns, and poems for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Fables and Rhymes
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fables and Rhymes by Aesop, a book of poems and stories for children.
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What Makes an "Amazing" Fable Captivating?
Students become the authors, producers and actors in their own multimedia fables, after they study fable characteristics for this lesson.
Other
Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Online Collection
This site provides you with 245 of Ambrose Bierces' Fantastic Fables. This online collection is not sorted but shown in order as the fables were published.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables: "Ant and the Grasshopper"
The importance of planning is the moral of this tale, written both in its traditional version and in a more modernized rendition.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables: "The Dog in the Manger"
Feeling envious? Read Aesop's tale "The Dog in the Manger" in its traditional format and in a modern version to better understand this powerful feeling.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Making Numbers Count/ Math Fables
This site features a book called "Math Fables, Making Numbers Count" by Greg Tang. Come and check out this interdisciplinary approach to learning to count.
Starfall
Starfall: Chinese Fables
Six short stories based on Chinese fables to read online. The stories are at about a Grade 2 reading level.
Other
Tal Cohen's Bookshelf: The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
Thorough review of "How the World Was Saved", the first story in "The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age", the masterpiece by Stanislaw Lem.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Appu Series: Fine Feathers: An Aesopian Fable
A video of the book "Fine Feathers: An Aesopian Fable", written by Appu Series. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: The Silly North Wind & the Clever Sun: An Aesopian Fable
A video of the book "The Silly North Wind and The Clever Sun: An Aesopian Fable", written by Appu Series. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: The Woodcutter's Good Deed: An Aesopian Fable
A video of the book "The Woodcutter's Good Deed: An Aesopian Fable", written by Appu Series. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop (1890), a collection of illustrated fables.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fabulous Fables
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the characteristics of a fable, gives some history of Aesop with a video clip. Student assessment questions and web links are included. Students end with an original writing...
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 3
"Aesop's Fables Book 3", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 38 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 2
"Aesop's Fables Book 2", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 47 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 1
"Aesop's Fables Book 1", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 50 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
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Personal: Fables of Jean De La Fontaine
This site has a short English biographical introduction. Each available fable appears in English translation, followed by the original French.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Traditions: Book of Wisdom Project [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...
Other
Biography Base: Aesop Biography
This is a biography of Aesop, the supposed author of Aesop's Fables, a collection of folktales that use talking animals to teach morals or lessons about life. It also provides of some of his fables.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Ant and the Grasshopper [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Aesop's fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Aesop's fables.net: The Recent Life of Aesop
This site offers a look at the life of Aesop through a biographical sketch of sorts. Learn more about this fascinating author when you explore this resource.
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