According to “The Life of Aesop,” a text compiled in ancient Greece from a variety of legends, the man whose name is synonymous with the fable was born a slave in Phrygia (in modern-day Turkey ...

Aesop's Fables Jerry Pinkney. Seastar Books, ... as Pinkney serves up more than 60 of the ancient Greek slave-philosopher's fables. Aesop's wisdom spills across ... green-haired sorceress with an ...

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 ...

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.

40 of Aesop's best-known fables are brought to life in adaptations for children aged 5 to 9. Each story is five minutes long and read by an all-star cast including Brenda Blethyn, the late Richard ...