The Aesop for Children

Aesop

Rand McNally, 1919 - Juvenile Fiction - 112 pages

One hundred twenty-six best-loved fables of Aesop.

About the author

Though many modern scholars dispute his existence, Aesop's life was chronicled by first century Greek historians who wrote that Aesop, or Aethiop, was born into Greek slavery in 620 B.C. Freed because of his wit and wisdom, Aesop supposedly traveled throughout Greece and was employed at various times by the governments of Athens and Corinth. Some of Aesop's most recognized fables are The Tortoise and the Hare, The Fox and the Grapes, and The Ant and the Grasshopper. His simple but effective morals are widely used and illustrated for children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Aesop for Children
• Author: Aesop
• Photographs by: Milo Winter
• Illustrated by: Milo Winter
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Rand McNally, 1919
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 6, 2011
• ISBN: 0528821342, 9780528821349
• Length: 112 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology