What The Fox Learnt: Four Fables from Aesop by Aesop

What The Fox Learnt: Four Fables from Aesop Reviews

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  Vicki

  Read this with the seven-year-old before bed last night and she was really involved and loved the different messages that we discussed after reading. She insisted on a 5-star rating, and I agreed with her completely. the stories are interesting and they still ring true even today.
  
  
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  A'Lora Hamilton

  Enjoyful
  
  What the fox learnt was so confused when the fox was called master .. is a good book with a good lesson
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  Christine

  Pretty good retelling of the Aesop tales featuring foxes. Nice for a free kindle book.
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  Tony Parsons

  The Fox and the Crow
  Master Fox saw Mistress Crow fly off with a piece of cheese & land in a branch of a tree.
  What did he say to her?
  
  The Fox and the Goat
  Master Fox fell into a deep well & Goat was passing by.
  What did he say to him?
  
  The Fox and the Grapes
  One hot summer’s day Master Fox spied a bunch of grapes ripening on a vine.
  He tried several times to obtain them, but to no avail.
  What did Master Fox reply?
  
  The Fox and the Cat
  Master Fox was boasting about his clever bag of tricks to a Cat.
  I have lots of ways to escape my enemies.
  What did the cat say/show to Master Fox?
  
  What do you think the moral of the stories are?
  I do not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing free books from publishers & authors. Therefore, I am under no obligation to write a positive review, only an honest one.
  An awesome book cover, great hand-drawn colored pictures, charming illustrations & proper font & writing style. 4 very professionally written children’s (preschool/elementary age) Fables storybook. They were all quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters, settings, etc. to keep track of. 4 of them could also make another great children’s educational presentation (moral’s), Fables movie, an animated cartoon, or better yet a mini-TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is an extremely easy rating of 5 stars.
  Thank you for the free author(s); Ripple Digital Publishing; eBookStage; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
  Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
  
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  Cynthia Gutzwiller

  All the links on this website work. The Kindle Educational APP even works. The story titled , The Fox and the Crow. A crow jumped into a tree with a piece of cheese in her mouth. A Fox saw and wanted the cheese. This was a sly Fox who told great stories. He told the Crow how beautiful she was and how much her singing voice must be. What does the Fox ask the Crow to do?
  The Fox also comes upon a Goat, a Cat, and some grapes. What happens? These stories are for older children. One who understand what a fable is.
  I found this book on a website for Kindle Unlimited books . You can too.
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  Rachel

  This is a book containing four short fables, each of which contains an important moral which would be useful and relevant to young readers. Each fable is only two pages long with only one framed illustration at the start of the story.
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  Catriona Lovett

  Short But Still Wise
  
  Aesop's fables have been around for a long time, but they're based on truths that are so enduring they're translated in many languages and have endured through centuries. This book has some amusing, colorful illustrations as well as four of the fables.
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  Cyndy

  Four fables are included in this book. Included fables are The Fox and the Crow, The Fox and the Goat, The Fox and the Grapes, and The Fox and the Cat. With a children's book, I expected more illustrations.
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  Jagdeep Sarangal

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  Nomy Jackson

  Dang,no beating around the bush to get to the point! A little harsh,but true,lol. Thanks Ishi <3
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  Emma

  I never did like this story v much.
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  Lila Babb

  Okay Book
  
  It's for older children then it says. Beautiful drawings and bright use of colors. It's interesting how the author used stores to teach a lesson.
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  Patricia Kaniasty

  Liked this story until the end. There was no ending. Just suddenly stopped.
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  PurpleLadi

  Cute
  
  Excellent way to teach important lessons to children. Each story gives ample opportunities for discussion and formulations of alternative endings.
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  Edie Walls

  This is exactly what it says: 4 of Aesop's fables, each with an accompanying illustration. The illustrations are a bit lazy so I refuse to rate this any higher.
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  Amber DiTullio

  Ever since I bought my Kindle, I have been searching through the free books to find some to read to my boys. They boy are enamored with Mommy's latest toy (though more because of the apps that I have downloaded than the books). I also feel that it gives me a chance to mix it up a bit when it comes to reading to them at bedtime.
  
  They were both familiar with some of Aesop's fables, thanks to story time and random books pulled from the library shelves. But they hadn't heard any of these stories involving Fox before. The four stories contained within are short - a page or two of writing each with a beautifully drawn picture to go with each story - so we were able to get through all four stories relatively quickly.
  
  The first story is The Fox and the Crow, where Fox gets crow to drop some bread that he'd like to eat by complimenting her wonderful singing voice. The moral for this one is, "Do not trust flatterers."
  
  The second story is The Fox and the Goat, in which Fox tricks Goat into coming down into a well. Fox had fallen and, rather than ask for Goat's help getting out, tricks Goat into coming in with him then climbs out over Goat's horns. This moral is, "Never trust a man in difficulties."
  
  While the first two stories showed Fox tricking others, the second two are more humbling for the crafty being. The third story is The Fox and the Grapes, which is the only one that I was previously familiar with. In it, the Fox is trying to reach grapes that are out of his reach. When he realizes that he won't be able to get them, he leaves mumbling about how they are probably sour anyway. While the phrasing of the words - "It is easy to despise what you cannot get" - didn't make as much sense to my boys, the idea behind it was one they struggle with.
  
  The final story is The Fox and the Cat. This was, by far, my favorite of the set. Fox is bragging how he has so many different ways to escape the hunters, while Cat admits he only has one. When they here the hunters coming, Cat hides among the trees. Fox, however, is struck with indecision on which of his escape tricks will work best and ends up getting caught and killed. The moral, "Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon," is one that resonates with me because I'm often confronted with far too many things to that need to be done and, in my indecision over where to start, never get to any of them.
  
  While the words of the moral are a bit above my three year old's understanding, the rest of the story is very easy for him to understand. The bite-sized portions also keep his attention better than some of the longer stories do. It's one that he has asked for repeatedly. My six year old understands quite a bit more of it, but the stories are too short for him. So this is one that is usually pulled out at nap time rather than bedtime.