Alamosa Public Library

"The Tortoise and the Hare. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Fox and the Crow. Each of Aesop's stories has a lesson to tell, but Aesop's life story is perhaps the most inspiring tale of them all. Gracefully revealing the genesis of his tales, this story of Aesop shows how fables not only liberated him from captivity but spread wisdom over a millennium. This is the only children's book biography about him. Includes thirteen illustrated fables: The Lion...

In "The boy who cried wolf", a boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call. "Chicken Little" is the classic story of a chicken and her bird-brained friends who think the sky is falling. "Rapunzel" is the unique retelling of the classic story of the girl with the long golden hair. In "The three billy goats gruff",...