PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Big Mouse
This video segment from Between the Lions features "The Lion and the Mouse" for young students, an introduction to one of many Aesop's fables. illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. [4:19]
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 3
"Aesop's Fables Book 3", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 38 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 2
"Aesop's Fables Book 2", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 47 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Aesop's Fables Book 1
"Aesop's Fables Book 1", published in 1912 by William Heinemann, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 50 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: The Moral of the Story Is...
The site provides ten trivia questions about fables. Fables from Aesop and from The Holy Bible are included in this quiz.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables
Very unique site that presents Aesop's Fables with traditional and modern pictures. Pictures are created by art students at University of Massachusetts Amherst. There is an index to search by individual stories.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables: "The Donkey and the Lap Dog"
Learn that sometimes not all jokes are funny in Aesop's tale "The Donkey and the Lap Dog." The story is offered in its traditional version as well as a more modernized rendition. Slideshow pacing encourages independent reading.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables: The Bundle of Sticks
Read this beautifully illustrated fable of Aesop, "The Bundle of Sticks." Illustrated by college student, Michael Chan, the story progresses to its moral and meaning, "union gives strength". Also find the history of Aesop and his fables,...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Goose With the Golden Eggs"
Two retellings of Aesop's Fable "The Goose with the Golden Eggs." Both stories illustrate the same moral, "Greed often overreaches itself." The first is a traditional retelling of the original fable. The second is a modern retelling with...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Lion and the Mouse"
Read this traditional fable of "The Lion and the Mouse" to learn that even little friends can do great things. Two illustrated versions are provided. Both include the same text, but one has traditional illustrations while the other has...
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Man and the Satyr"
Read and view illustrations for a traditional and then a modern-day retelling of Aesop's fable "The Man and the Satyr."
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Milkmaid and Her Pail"
Read a traditional retelling of the fable "The Milkmaid and Her Pail" to see how the milkmaid learned not to count her chickens before they hatch. Then, read the same tale in a modern-day setting for a different perspective.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Miser and His Gold"
Read this illustrated fable "The Miser and His Gold" to learn about a man who valued his money for the wrong reasons. Then read the same tale with different illustrations for a new perspective.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Wind and the Sun"
Learn about the power of kindness while reading this illustrated fable "The Wind and the Sun." Then read the same story with different illustrations to provide a new point of view.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Aesop
This site features the author Aesop including the full text of Aesop's Fables, a collection of fables.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Aesop's Fables: "Hercules and the Wagoner"
This site provides the text and audio for this translation of the Aesop fable "Hercules And The Wagoner." Available online, print, and download.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Fable
This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Fable." It defines the term, explains its characteristics, provides background including Aseop's Fables and those from various countries, and offers a list of fabulists and their works.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables by Aesop
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aesop's Fables by Aesop (c1884), a collection of fables.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Aesops Fables by Aesop
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Aesops Fables by Aesop, (1880?) a collection of fables.