Best of
Fables

1979

Once in a Wood: Ten Tales from Aesop


Eve Rice - 1979
    A retelling of 10 fables by Aesop including The Fox and the Crow, The Crow and the Water Jug, and The Lion and the Mouse.

The Rich Man and the Shoemaker


Jean de La Fontaine - 1979
    Is it better to be poor and happy or rich and careworn? In this charming fable by La Fontaine, adapted by Bernadette Watts, a cheerful shoemaker finds his own answer to this question when his wealthy neighbor tempts him with unimaginable riches.