Download or read book A Sip of Aesop written by Jane Yolen and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Hare and the Tortoise" and "The Lion and the Mouse" are just two of the thirteen classic fables presented in this bright picture book for early readers. Reprint.

Download or read book Aesop s Fables written by Aesop and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesop's Fables, attributed to the legendary storyteller Aesop from ancient Greece, comprise a collection of succinct and timeless moral tales. These fables feature animal characters, each symbolizing human qualities or foibles, and they convey essential moral lessons through engaging and straightforward narratives. Their hallmark characteristics include simplicity, accessibility, and universal themes that explore human behavior, ethics, and wisdom across a wide range of scenarios. These fables remain enduring classics, such as "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," continuing to captivate readers of all ages by imparting moral wisdom through memorable storytelling.

Download or read book Birds of a Feather Shop Together written by Sandra Bark and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No fashionista will be able to resist this witty collection of Aesop-inspired tales that rewrite morality for the stylish. Covering a range of beauty and fashion topics from head to toe— and including the original fables too—this charming volume gives important life lessons a couture twist.

Download or read book Arctic Aesop s Fables written by Susi Gregg Fowler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Necessity is the mother of invention." "Practice what you preach." Join the wolf, polar bear, raven, and many more as they learn (and teach!) many of life's invaluable lessons in this arctic retelling of the classic Aesop's Fables. A ringed seal discovers that the truth can be a powerful friend; an Arctic Ground Squirrel learn to be careful what she wishes for; and the porcupine knows that slow and steady wins the race. With beautiful illustrations by Alaskan painter Jim Fowler, the twelve fables here are uniquely set in the landscape of the Alaskan wilderness.

Download or read book Ada Twist Scientist The Why Files 1 Exploring Flight written by Andrea Beaty and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new addition to the Questioneers series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix series! Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can’t birds fly when they’re first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist—from information about creatures that fly, to the history of aircrafts, to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air faster than ever! Based on the bestselling series and the new Netflix show, this nonfiction series is perfect for the youngest scientists of tomorrow!

Download or read book Aesop s Twist written by Shannon Hill and published by Gotham-Patriot Books. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We spend a good amount of our income on food (much of which we probably don't need) and less of our income on food for thought (which all of us probably need much more)." ******************************************** " ... all I can say is 'Bravo!' It's about time somebody resurrected Aesop ... " " ... less than the price of a cup of 'designer' coffee you can obtain these well-written, re-imaginings of Aesop's most famous fables ... " " ... fun, ultra-quick reads that occasionally make you stop and think." ***************** ***************** Written for adults, Shannon Hill's second published work, Aesop's Twist, is for all those who enjoyed hearing Aesop's Fables as children and who still fondly harbor happy memories. The most famous and beloved of Aesop's Fables are all here and ... they have new endings. New amusements, new life lessons. New ... twists.

Download or read book Aesop s Animals written by Jo Wimpenny and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite originating more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed on from parent to child, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements, but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists? If so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race? In Aesop's Animals, zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of the animal kingdom. She brings the tales into the twenty-first century, introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological research – the study of why animals do the things they do. In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topic – future planning, tool use, self-recognition, cooperation and deception – concluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fable's portrayal from a scientific perspective. By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture, Aesop's Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals, the way they behave, and the roles we both play in our shared world.

Download or read book Sweet Home Alaska written by Carole Estby Dagg and published by Nancy Paulsen Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.

Download or read book AESOPS FABLES BPI written by BPI and published by BPI Publishing. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated Stories for Children' is a series of storybooks containing all time favourite stories for children to read and enjoy. Each book consists of stories that fuel children's imagination and take them to places where they come across diverse characters. The stories are laden with elements such as adventure, thrill, love, remorse, courage, inspiration, morals, wit, wisdom and magic that blend perfectly to make reading a worthwhile experience. Besides developing reading habits, children will be enthralled and entertained with these delightful books. The stories have been attractively illustrated with pictures that keep children engaged.

Download or read book Aesop s Fables written by John Esten Keller and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1489 Johan Hurus printed the first collection of fables in Spain, Lavida del Ysopetconsusfabulas hystoriadas. Illustrated with nearly 200 woodcuts, this work quickly became the most-read book in Spain, beloved of both children and adults. Reprinted many times in the next three centuries and carried to the New World, it brought to Spanish letters a cornucopia of Aesopic fables, oriental apologues, and folktales that were borrowed by such writers as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and especially the fabulists Iriarte and Samaniego. John Keller and Clark Keating now present the first English translation of this important literary work. The Latin and German lineage of La vida was significant, for it placed Spain in the mainstream of European fable lore. The highly fictitious life of Aesop, the misshapen Greek slave who reached the highest social level, contributed to the development of medieval romance and the picaresque novel. The book is thus important to students of comparative literature, literary history, and the development of the Spanish language. Of equal value are the woodcuts, which depict the daily life of medieval Europe and contribute to a better understanding of fifteenth-century art history, bookmaking, natural history, and the visualization of narrative. La vida del Ysopet thus constitutes one of the finest concordances of text and illustration in European literary history.

Download or read book Aesop s Mirror written by Maryalice Huggins and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everything I needed to know about Fox and Grapes mirror, I knew the moment I first saw it" What antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins knew when she stumbled across the mirror at a country auction in Rhode Island was this: She was besotted. Rococo and huge (more than eight feet tall), the mirror was one of the most unusual objects she had ever seen. Huggins had to have it. The frame's elaborate carvings were almost identical to a famous eighteenth-century design. Could this be eighteenth-century American? That would make it rare indeed. But in the rarefied world of American antiques, an object is not significant unless you can prove where it's from. Huggins set out to trace the origins of her magnificent mirror. Fueled with the delightfully obsessive spirit of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief, Aesop's Mirror follows Huggins on her quest as she goes up against the leading lights of the very male world of high-end antiques and dives into the historical archives. And oh, what she finds there! The mirror was likely passed down through generations of the illustrious Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Throughout history, mirrors have been seen as having mystical powers, enabling those who peer into them to connect the past and the future. In Aesop's Mirror, Maryalice Huggins does just that, creating a marvelous, one-of-kind book about a marvelous, one of-a-kind American treasure.

Download or read book North Wind and the Sun written by Gregory McNamee and published by Daimon. This book was released on 2004 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 2,500 years, adults and children alike have been listening to the stories of Aesop. Originating in the folk wisdom of rural Asia Minor, these popular fables have been retold, repurposed, and altered over the centuries; in the process, they have sometimes been changed so much that they bear little resemblance to their simple forebears, which ask their listeners and readers to think for themselves, to supply their own conclusions. In this collection, Gregory McNamee draws on the Greek originals to provide Aesop's fables in a form that Aesop himself might recognise -- ones in which fleas and foxes converse, people sometimes learn from their errors, and things are not always what they seem.

Download or read book The Aesop for Children written by Aesop and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop.

Download or read book One osaurus Two osaurus written by Kim Norman and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part counting game, part dinosaur celebration, this energetic romp is a numbers concept book for the ages. One-osaurus, two-osaurus, three-osaurus, four! Look there, in a child’s bedroom, where some prehistoric pals are gathered in a counting game. Nine dinosaurs are playing a sing-song rendition of hide-and-seek—but something isn’t adding up. Where is number ten? Stomp, stomp, stomp! CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP! Ready or not, here he comes, and he sounds . . . big! With big, bold numerals, an array of dinosaurs in comical poses, and a humorous twist at the end, this tribute to a child’s imagination makes learning numbers a gigantic treat.

Download or read book Aesop s Fables written by Aesop and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Download or read book The Fox and the Stork written by Joan Tate and published by Viking Children's Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When sly Fox invites hungry Stork to lunch but tricks her out of her portion, she devises a way to get the last laugh.

Download or read book The Children s Classics Collection written by Various Authors and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abridged and retold in modern English by respected children's authors, this collection of sixteen classic stories makes them accessible to readers as young as six, while retaining all the charm, atmosphere, and sense of adventure that made the original tales world-famous. These dramatic, easy-to-follow stories, charmingly illustrated with verve and humour by specially commissioned artists, deserve to find a home on every child's bookshelf. Included in this boxed set: 1. Alice in Wonderland 2. Treasure Island 3. The Wizard of Oz 4. The Jungle Book 5. The Secret Garden 6. Robin Hood 7. Peter Pan 8. Heidi 9. Anne of Green Gables 10. Little Women 11. Black Beauty 12. The Call of the Wild 13. Robinson Crusoe 14. Wind in the Willows 15. Tom Sawyer 16. Oliver Twist