A mysterious stranger commissions a single, valuable shoe from a humble cobbler, changing the cobbler's life and the life of his young apprentice forever.

A collection of concise stories told by the Greek slave, Aesop.

A crippled woman who is cured by a healer has him fall in love, then unscrupulously exploits his talent to enrich herself. The novel is based on a film treatment which was written by Huxley and Isherwood while in Hollywood in the 1920s.

In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.

Retellings of eleven of Aesop's fables.

From singing turtles and flying farmers to a weeping dragon and rice bags that replenish themselves, readers of all ages will find engaging characters and moments of magic in these beloved Japanese folk tales.

In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.

Rabbit and Turtle reenact their famous race while they are on their way to school.

A young man's quest for eternal youth and beauty ends in scandal, depravity and death. Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence. The picture of Dorian Gray was a...

Las mejores fábulas de La Fontaine recopiladas en un libro ilustrado lleno de diversión y sabiduría. Las fábulas de La Fontaine son historias conocidas que se cuentan en todo el mundo. Protagonizadas por animales, todas pretenden enseñar a los pequeños lectores distintas lecciones.