Fables Author:Arnold Lobel, Mirra Ginsburg Have you ever heard it said that someone was like "the boy who cried wolf"? Do you know what that means? This expression, like many others you may have heard, comes from a fable. Fables are short, funny stories usually with talking animals. All fable s teach us a lesson called a moral. Fables have been told for hundreds of years all over th... more »e world because their morals apply to people everywhere.
Now sit back and enjoy yourself. You are about to meet some animals and people who try to outsmart each other. But don't forget? There is always a lesson to be learned.« less
41 page book with 20 fables; written & illustrated by Arnold Lobel; each fable has the text on one page and a colorful picture on the opposite page; moral of the story listed at the bottom of each page