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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Frogs Desiring a King"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Two versions of Aesop's Fable with the same story, but different illustrations. The first provides literal illustrations of the story, while the second provides a more modern interpretation.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Stork"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Read two versions of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Story." Both versions have the same text, but one has traditional illustrations while the other provides a modern interpretation through the illustrations.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables: "The Dog in the Manger"

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Feeling envious? Read Aesop's tale "The Dog in the Manger" in its traditional format and in a modern version to better understand this powerful feeling.
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Other

Biography Base: Aesop Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Traditions: Book of Wisdom Project [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books: Walter Crane: Baby's Own Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.
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Other

Yesterday's Classics: Look Inside: Babbitt: Jakata Tales [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Read two fables from Ellen C. Babbitt's Jakata Tales, a classic of children's literature that retells stories, from sacred Buddhist literature, of the Buddha's past lives. Jakata stories, full of the quaint humor, teach many different...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Little Red Hen [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"The Little Red Hen" is a one page fable about the other animals not helping the little red hen plant wheat, harvest it, or bake the bread, so they did not get to eat it either. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Other

Yesterday's Classics: Baldwin Project: More Jataka Tales: Table of Contents

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to twenty-one different fables from the book More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. Written in the Jataka tradition from India, these tales are interesting and teach life and character-building lessons to readers. An illustrated...