This anthology revitalizes 40 of Aesop's lesser-known fables, such as The fisherman and his music and The vain crow.

Adaptions of Aesop's fables with brief explanations of what each one is teaching.

"My sleep began in the spring of 1914. I slept through both World Wars and the tainted calm between. It was as if I had been cursed by an evil fairy, pricked by an enchanted spinning wheel; an impenetrable briar had gripped my mind." Thus begins Rikki Ducornet's brilliant lyric novel about Nicolas who, as a result of witnessing his mother's murder, falls into a decades-long coma. Awakened in a seaport town in France, he reconstructs his past through...

A family of mice offers ideas about how to warn themselves when their enemy--the cat--approaches. When it is suggested to tie a bell around the cat's neck, everyone agrees that the idea is a good one. But who will do the deed?

"An anthology of African folktales playfully interpreted by modern cartoonists."--

Fifty-nine familiar and not so familiar fables from Aesop.

The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can force a man to remove his cloak.

"Hare is the fastest on the farm. Tortoise is as slow as they go. So when they decide to have a race, Hare is certain to win ... isn't he? Alison Murray offers an enchanting retelling of a much-loved Aesop's fable with a mischievous twist full of fun and stylish charm."--