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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A critical look at the beloved fables that investigates whether there is any scientific truth to Aesop's portrayal of his animals. Despite being conceived over two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed from parent to child today, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals still inform our judgments, but have they influenced our views of the animal protagonists as well? And, if so, is there any truth behind...
30) Fables
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"A modern, illustrated fable for readers of all ages that explores life's universal lessons from beloved British illustrator Charlie Mackesy"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Orwell's world famous satire on dictatorship told through a story about the happenings of an english country farm and the animal inhabitants who find it their duty to rebel against the sometimes cruel owner and prove themselves every bit mankind's intellectual equal.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eduardo Guadardo may look fluffy. He may look cute. But he's no little lamb. He's about to graduate from the FBI--that's the Fairytale Bureau of Investigations--as an Elite Sheep. He knows five forms of kung fu, and he can outfox the foxiest of foxes. In fact, he's so good they put him on his own case: to keep the farmer's daughter, Mary, safe from Wolf, Troll, and Witch. It's a job for somebody baaaaaaad--someone like a soon-to-be Elite Sheep. The...
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