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Aesop: The Complete Collection

By: Aesop
Narrated by: Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Alison Steadman, Richard E. Grant, Lindsay Duncan, Brenda Blethyn
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40 of Aesop's tales specially adapted for young children. Read by Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Alison Steadman, Richard E. Grant, Lindsay Duncan and Brenda Blethyn.

Stories include:

  • The Hare and the Tortoise
  • The Frogs and the Ox
  • The Fox and the Crow
  • The Monkey as King
  • The Bundle of Sticks
  • The Gnat and the Lion
  • The North Wind and the Sun
  • The Fox and the Grapes
  • The Dog, the Cockerel and the Fox
  • The Miller, His Son and the Donkey
  • The Wolf and the Heron
  • The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
  • The Ant and the Grasshopper
  • The Vain Jackdaw
  • The Frogs who Wanted a King
  • The Cat and the Mice
  • The Lion and the Mouse
  • The Caged Bird and the Bat
  • The Fox and the Goat
  • The Lion and the Elephant
  • The Crow and the Pitcher
  • The Fox and the Stork/Two Travellers and a Bear
  • The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
  • The Kid and the Wolf
  • The Old Lion and the Fox
  • The Eagle and the Jackdaw
  • The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
  • The Dog in the Manger
  • Androcles and The Lion, plus 9 more.

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brillant tales

My children and I really enjoyed these classic fables and the performance from all the voice actors. All the stories were wonderfully narrated.

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Great book 📚

My children think it is a great book.
They love it and listen to it every night.
I would recommend this book for children ages 4-7

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1 The Hare and the Tortoise
2 The Frogs and the Ox
3 The Fox and the Crow
4 The Monkey as King
5 The Bundle of Sticks
6 The Gnat and the Lion
7 The North Wind and the Sun
8 The Fox and the Grapes
9 The Dog, the Cockerel and the Fox
10 The Miller, His Son and the Donkey
11 The Wolf and the Heron
12 The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
13 The Ant and the Grasshopper
14 The Vain Jackdaw
15 The Frogs who Wanted a King
16 The Cat and the Mice
17 The Lion and the Mouse
18 The Caged Bird and the Bat
19 The Fox and the Goat
20 The Lion and the Elephant
21 The Crow and the Pitcher
22 The Fox and the Stork/Two Travellers and a Bear
23 The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
24 Two Travellers and a Bear
25 The Kid and the Wolf
26 The Old Lion and the Fox
27 The Eagle and the Jackdaw
28 The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
29 The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
30 The Dog in the Manger
31 Androcles and the Lion
32 The dog and his Reflection
33 The Heron and the Fish
34 The Eagle and the Tortoise
35 The town mouse and the country mouse
36 Belling the cat
37 The too fat fox
38 The Rat and the Elephant
39 The ant and the dove
40 The boy who cried wolf

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fantastic audio books!

This Audio book(Aesop's Fables) is really fabulous especially at times when you are on long drives and need to listen to old favourites with your children.

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Fantastic

Fantastic performances by a large cast. Really enjoyable listen to these classic stories. My daughter has also enjoyed the listen :)

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Aesop fables...

Lovely narration, it brings the story alive. Also, the way each story has been recreated is lovely. The classic story's are wonderful to prune more about and find out about.

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No titles to the chapters - annoying

Great performances by great actors.
40 unnamed chapters is annoying.
Audible, please fix this!

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Such a good set of stories

Lovely bedtime stories to listen to with the kids, loved hearing all the different voices too

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really good

My 6-year old son loved them! he said they were quite good and actually taught him some lessons, like not to lie.

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Awesome loved it

Absolutely brilliant,would recommend it to everyone and hope that everyone who has watched it really enjoys it.

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