FABLES

 The Crow and the Pitcher   Source: Annalee Blysse

A fable tells a story and but also teaches you something about life. This is the "moral" or secret message in the story that you can find by reading closely and inferring what the message could be. When you watch this video of a Chinese fable you'll see there are no words to go with the pictures. However, if you look closely you can infer what the story is trying to tell you. If you would like to share your ideas about the message in the fable, post your ideas on the "sticky notes" on the Padlet wall. 

• FABLES: STORIES, ANIMATIONS, GAMES AND PUZZLES

Click here to play Aesop's Cube and read 6 fables by Aesop.
Read fables and play games
Animated Aesop Fables from education students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• MAKE A PUPPET SHOW OR DRAMATIZATION

If you would like to retell a fable or create your own, you might find this planner helpful.

• SUGGESTED READING IN OUR LIBRARY

Aesop's Fables illustrated by Nora Fry, edited by Lois Hill
398.2 AES
Aesop's Stories for Pleasure Reading by E. Dolch, M. Dolch and B. Jackson
398.2 AES
The Best of Aesop's Fables retold by Margaret Clark
398.2 CLA
Aesop's Fables selected and illustrated by Michael Hague
398.2 HAG
The Big Book of Animal Fables by Margaret Green
398.2 GRE

• WEB SITES

Aesop for Children from Aesopica: Aesop's Fables in English, Latin and Greek
By Gosh Aesop's Fables
Fairy Tales 4 U
Ivy Joy's Domain
Several web sites about fables recommended by the University of Missouri
For teachers: Fables and Trickster Tales Around the World 

• MORE RESOURCES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Great Web Sites for Kids from the American Library Association
Myths and Legends from E2BN