Many of us learned the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ in grade school. You will recall that once the mother pig sent her little pigs off into the world, the first pig built his house with straw. The ...
Fables and other moral stories made their way into our books and cartoons when we were kids, but somewhere along the way, we've probably forgotten some of the important lessons they teach. Maybe ...
Margie Johnson is an instructional technology specialist at Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee. Students use handhelds to compose a story with a moral. Writing is a critical area ...
Young readers and experienced artisans alike will find much to admire in Wormell's (Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles) richly colored showcase of linocuts, which salute Aesop and wood engraver Thomas Bewick ...
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It doesn't take much to spin Aesop's fables into business lessons. The Hare and the Turtle and any number of other tales, though written around the 5th century BCE, can be easily made relevant to ...
"Right," the lady bristles in a broad Lancastrian accent as my little Hero tells her of her husband's infidelity in Fable. "I'm going to turn him into Balverine food!" As she thanks me for my kindness ...
Aesop's The Lion and the Boar. Source: J van Kessel/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Fables, cartoons, and viral videos often favor animal over human protagonists. Here’s why. A fable is a short tale ...