“Aesop is not a good book for reformers,” a critic once observed, and it’s true that the fables present our natures and social standings as essentially fixed. Foxes are foxy, wolves ...

Had I known that Aesop’s fables were so unhinged, I would’ve turned to them long ago. ... Well, I was wrong. Robin Waterfield’s Aesop’s Fables: A New Translation (Basic Books, $30) renders them in all ...

Aesop's Fables Jerry Pinkney. Seastar Books, $19.99 (87pp) ISBN 978-1-58717-000-3. Beautifully designed, this lush, oversize volume showcases Pinkney's (The Ugly Duckling) artistry in grand style.

Books Artists Kiki Smith, Kara Walker, and More Offer Novel Takes on Aesop’s Fables in a Lush New Book. None other than Lemony Snicket provides offbeat interpretations of the ancient lessons.

Aesop lived around the year 620 B.C in Greece. Though he was born into slavery, he later earned his freedom as a reward for his wit and skills as a. ... Libertarian Lessons from Aesop’s Fables ...

Aesop, a slave in Ancient Greece, is credited with invoking talking animals to tell tales about morality. In Russia, images of animals carry coded meaning. There is a herd of examples, such as ...

‘Aesop’s Fables’ Review: Back to the Beasts Foxes, lions, wolves, donkeys and tortoises. In Robin Waterfield’s translation of these ancient stories, animals are used to capture a ...