Aesop's Fables Kindle Edition

Lovely art if that is what you are getting it for. If you are getting it to read to you children them skip this version. I have an older edition and the language is rich, eloquent and beautiful. Why do we insist on dumbing down our children? Trust me, kids can understand dynamic language just fine. This is a poor edition.

This edition has a big omission-"The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf" is not in this version of Aesops Fables. Regarding the illustrations-all characters are depicted as animals, which is correct in many, but not all of Aesop Fables. Text accompanying each story is only fair, not really good. I would not recommend this version. There are much better, and more complete versions of Aesops Fables available.

This is an inexpensive edition of Aesop's Fables, but it is not "unabridged" or "complete".1. This book contains only 92 of Aesop's fables. Most other editions have more than 200.2. Each fable takes up less than a page. About half of them are one paragraph.3. These are not "translated from Greek" but from public editions that have been paraphrased and in many cases, paraphrased badly.4. There are only 83 pages not 96. It's a very small, very short book.5. No dialogue. I have an edition from my youth that has dialogue. Much more fun for kids.6. Few illustrations. Only about a dozen of the fables have an illustration. The rest are just crammed on the pages together, sometimes three to a page. :(Because Aesop lived centuries ago and his work is not copyright-protected you will find many really bad copies of Aesop's Fables on Amazon. I thought I'd be safe going with a large publisher, but this was a huge disappointment.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK as it bears no resemblance to Aesop's Fables. It is like someone tried to translate it to English not understanding the concept of the fables is to teach a lesson. Take this gem for example "The Fox and the Mask: A fox had stolen into the house of an actor, and as he was rummaging among the actor's possessions, he found a remarkable mask that was a fine imitation of a human head..... What a fine looking head! he cried. Pity that it lacks brains!" Yes. That is the whole story. And they are all like that. I have never returned an item to Amazon, but this will be a first.

I LOVE THIS VERSION of Aesop's Fables! The illustrations are gorgeous, and there are so many of the original tales. I buy this for every ohmigoodness-I'm-pregnant moment that my friends inevitably have. Sometimes, I will buy several at a time, just so that I have one on hand when the moment occurs.SUGGESTIONS: For the perfect children's literature additions, find a used copy of Udo Weigelt's "The Sandman" (it is sadly out of print), and also get Mary Engelbreit's "Mother Goose". Both of those books are just lovely, absolute musts!

The world of fables for the west really originated with the slave Aesop and this marvellous collection of stories. In France, La Fontaine would probably never have existed had Aesop not existed. The fairy tales of Grimm and Andersson similarly drew inspiration from Aesop. The most famous of course is the eternal Tortoise and the Hare, but don't stop there as there are amazing tales here with philosophical and moral messages that transcend the ages.

As other reviewers have said, the worst thing about this is the fact that the stories have all been "updated". A lot of the charm was lost from the original stories, at least in my opinion. The morals do still remain, so it doesn't make them irrelevant. The pictures are extremely beautiful, too, so if you don't mind the changes to the story, then it's well worth a dollar.

The CD is an excellent addition to this book! While the book contains over 100 stories the CD covers 42 of the best of them and references the title of each story and the page it can be found in the book.For parents who would like to convert the disc to MP3 files and add the story/track information here is a list of are all the stories on the CD. If you use J. River Media Center the track information has also been uploaded to their servers so it should automatically add it when you rip/convert the CD to MP3 files.Aesop's Fables for Children CD TracklistTrack 1: IntroductionTrack 2: The Wolf And The KidTrack 3: The Frog And The OxTrack 4: The Dog, The Cock And The FoxTrack 5: Belling The CatTrack 6: Hercules And The WagonerTrack 7: The Town Mouse And The Country MouseTrack 8: The Fox And The GrapesTrack 9: The Bundle Of SticksTrack 10: The Lion And The MouseTrack 11: The Shepherd Boy And The WolfTrack 12: The Farmer And The StorkTrack 13: The Travelers And The PurseTrack 14: The Owl And The GrasshopperTrack 15: The Oak And The ReedsTrack 16: The Rat And The ElephantTrack 17: The Crow And The PitcherTrack 18: The Ants And The GrasshopperTrack 19: The Ass And The Load Of SaltTrack 20: The Ass, The Fox, And The LionTrack 21: The Fox And The StorkTrack 22: The Wolf And The Lean DogTrack 23: The Lion And The AssTrack 24: The Monkey And The DolphinTrack 25: The Rabbit, The Weasel, And The CatTrack 26: The HeronTrack 27: The Cock And The FoxTrack 28: The Fox And The GoatTrack 29: The Cat, The Cock, And The Young MouseTrack 30: The Goose And The Golden EggTrack 31: The Mouse And The WeaselTrack 32: The Goatherd And The Wild GoatsTrack 33: Mercury And The WoodmanTrack 34: The Serpent And The EagleTrack 35: The Wolf In Sheep's ClothingTrack 36: The Dog And His ReflectionTrack 37: The Hare And The TortoiseTrack 38: The Fox And The Crow]Track 39: The Ant And The DoveTrack 40: The Wolf, The Kid, And The GoatTrack 41: The Lion's ShareTrack 42: The North Wind And The SunJ. River Media Center: [...]

Extremely disappointed with this version. It appears to have just been cut and pasted and self published with no care for layout or readability. Font is miniscule and multiple stories are just dropped onto each page. I was looking forward to sharing the stories with my granddaughter but this book is not suitable for children. Very disappointed

On the basis of the 'look inside' facility I bought this book because it contained around 200 of the classic short fables. What turned up is an illustrated book containing just 12 - 1 per page with a picture. Having just re read some reviews I see that others have been similarly duped. I can't imagine who would be the audience for this totally pointless publication. Refund required.

Love the collection of stories, as well as the illustrations, however this is our second copy that we have had to tape together. While the paper itself is a nice glossy feel, with lovely colours, the area where the paper attaches to the binding, feels more like tear away notepad glue. Might try to find a hardcover for our third purchase of this book.

I hadn't read these since school so it was fun reading them again. Naturally they're suitable for all ages but the younger children may have difficulty understanding some of the language used.

I love the pictures but each story is very short only over 1 page. Very old English style of writing, bought it for my son but the version of the stories isn’t very child friendly (wolf eats a lamb etc). Should have gone with the usbourne book instead of being drawn to the pictures.