Cuddle up with your little one and share the wonder of Aesop's Fables with the most exquisitely illustrated edition--featuring breathtaking original artwork by acclaimed illustrator Charles Santore Get ready for an adventurous bedtime story full of trickster deeds, moral lessons, and age old fables in this favorite childhood fairy tale anthology that is sure to delight and inspire. Captivating the hearts and minds of kids and adults for generations, Aesop, a former Greek slave, developed simple and meaningful adventures featuring animals or insects to teach a moral standard or lesson for living. The most well known and well loved of Aesop's fables are included here: - The Hare and the Tortoise - The Lion and the Mouse - The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse - The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing NOTE: per second picture in the listing, you’ll see that this secondhand book was inscribed to a child at one point (book is in great condition otherwise)