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Aesop's Fables

by Aesop · 1988

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More than 200 classic tales by legendary storyteller Aesop have been translated into readable, modern American English, and illustrated with 50 woodcuts by famous 19th-century French artist J.J. Grandville.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 64 pages

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