About this title: This title contains over two hundred familiar tales from 'The Dog in the Manger' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780140369847ISBN:0140369848
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1996-02-01
ISBN-13:9780140369847ISBN:0140369848
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140369847ISBN:0140369848
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Brand new book. Edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1996. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Date Published: 30/03/1995
ISBN-13:9780140369847ISBN:0140369848
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
"A fascinating read. Like most people, I have read a few of these fables, and heard a few more. They are guick and fun to read, and any one of them could spark a fascinating discussion.
For example--the King of the Frogs: The frogs ask for a king, and are given a piece of wood. After a time, they complain that the wood does nothing, and are given a crocodile instead, who eats them. The moral: better a do-nothing ruler than an evil tyrant.
Does this lesson still apply today? Has our complex system of government made the idea obsolete? Americans like to point to other countries and criticize their lazy or destructive dictators. Is our own system truly that much better, or have we so many kings from town mayors up to the U.N. that we have lost all control? Could a country as large as the U.S. still rise up unanimously against an ineffective or self-indulgent leader? In Aesop's time, with Greece's conquest of so much of the known world, was this theory true even then?
Those are a lot of hard questions from a story only 3 sentences long."
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