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Moral Stories (Fables) and Parables (Dewey 398.2)

Aesop *, La Fontaine *, Jataka *, Bidpai *, Panchatantra *, Chinese *, Persian *

Fables are about animals that talk and behave as human beings. The characters have no names. A character may act good (wise, kind) or bad (greedy, vain). The fable teaches a lesson or moral.

• Feathers and Tails: Animal Fables from Around the World by David Kherdian [Bidpai, Aesop, Panchatantra, Grimm, and Wu Cheng-en]
  
  
• AESOP [Ethiopian slave] [Greece]
  
  
  • Aesop's * Fables
  • Aesop's * Fables
  • Aesop's * fables
  • Ant and the Cricket *
  • Fox and the Grapes *
  • Aesop's Funky Fables by Vivian French
  • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
  • Androcles and the Lion
  • Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fable by John Bierhorst
  
  
  
• FRANCE - Fables of La * Fontaine
  
  
  • The Dairymaid and Her Milk-Pot
  • McDermott, Gerald. The Fox and the Stork. [Based on La Fontaine]
  • Wildsmith, Brian. The Hare and the Tortoise: Based on a Fable by La Fontaine [France]
  • Wildsmith, Brian. The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by La Fontaine [France]
  
  
  
• JATAKA *TALES [INDIA]
  
  
  • Mosquito and the Carpenter *
  • Golden Mallard *
  • Tortoise That Refused to Leave Home *
  • Monkey's Heart *
  
  
  
• BIDPAI FABLES [ARABIA]
  
  
  • The Poor Man and the Flask of Oil
  • Feathers and Tails: Animal Fables from Around the World by David Kherdian [Bidpai, Aesop, Panchatantra, Grimm, and Wu Cheng-en]
  
  
  
• PANCHATANTRA TALES * [INDIA] (animal fables and magic tales)
  
  
  • The Foolish Friend *
  • The Brahman's Wife and the Mongoose *
  • The Broken Pot *
  • The Fish That Were Too Clever *
  • Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice. New York : Philomel Books, 1992. (40 ps.) [INDIA] Verse version of the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations show the blind arguers as mice.)
  
  
  
• PERSIAN FABLES
  
  
  • The Seeds and the Wheat
  
  
  
• CHINESE FABLES
  
  
  • A Chinese Zoo: Fables and Proverbs by Demi [China]
  • Demi's Reflective Fables by Demi [China]
  
  
  
• OTHER FABLES
  
  
  • Fables You Shouldn't Pay Any Attention To by Florence Parry Heide
    • Genevieve, Cyril, Gretchen, Chester,
  • Fables by Arnold Lobel [1981 Caldecott Medal]
  • King Midas and the Golden Touch by Al Perkins [Greece]
  • Country Mouse and the City Mouse *
  • City Mouse-Country Mouse and two more mouse tales from Aesop by Marian Parry
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett [online * version]
  • Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
  • Androcles and the Lion by Paul Galdone
  • The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
  • The Town Mouse and the Coutnry Mouse by Paul Galdone
  • The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni
  • Frederick by Leo Lionni
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  • Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
  • Amos and Boris by William Steig
  • Anatole and the Cat by Eve Titus

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For a broadened view of folklore, refer to The Folktale by Stith Thompson for tale types and motifs.

For your reading enjoyment, peruse "Folk Tales of the North American Indians" by Stith Thompson. It includes tales categorized by culture group and motif.

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