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Personal: Fables of Jean De La Fontaine
This site has a short English biographical introduction. Each available fable appears in English translation, followed by the original French.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Traditions: Book of Wisdom Project [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...
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Biography Base: Aesop Biography
This is a biography of Aesop, the supposed author of Aesop's Fables, a collection of folktales that use talking animals to teach morals or lessons about life. It also provides of some of his fables.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Ant and the Grasshopper [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Aesop's fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Aesop's fables.net: The Recent Life of Aesop
This site offers a look at the life of Aesop through a biographical sketch of sorts. Learn more about this fascinating author when you explore this resource.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Morality "Tails" East and West
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Morality "Tails" East and West: European Fables and Buddhist Jataka Tales." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Fables
This ebook version of Jean de La Fontaine's Fables has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Fables
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Fables" by Arnold Lobel. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Marvine Elementary School: Fables Activity
This activity from the Marvine Elementary School provides a series of crossword puzzles that are linked to a collection of over 40 Aesop's Fables. Students are directed to read a particular fable in order to solve a crossword clue. The...
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Three Hundred Aesop's Fables
This ebook version of Aesop's Three Hundred Aesop's Fables has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Age of Fable
This ebook version of Thomas Bulfinch's Age Of Fable has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Flower Fables
This ebook version of Louisa May Alcott's Flower Fables has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Moonlight Fable" by H. G. Wells
Text of the short story "A Moonlight Fable" by H. G. Wells. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Silence a Fable" by Edgar Allan Poe
The full text of the short story "Silence -- a Fable" by Edgar Allan Poe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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.
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: Reynard the Fox in South Africa by w.h.i. Bleek
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Reynard the Fox in South Africa, or, Hottentot Fables and Tales by W.H.I Bleek (1864), a collection of fables.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Crow and the Pitcher" by Aesop
This story is part of his collection of tales known as "Aesop's Fables," which were passed down by people retelling them. They have deeply influenced children's literature and modern storytelling culture. As you read, take notes on the...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Baby's Own Aesop by Aesop
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Baby's Own Aesop by Aesop (1887), features fables condensed in rhyme and moral from the originals.
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Tales With Morals
The history and background information on Aesop, key terms as well as the fables associated with his name. There is a link to the full text of each of the legendary fables.
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