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Cinderella For Our Era Aesop's Fables Ages 6-8

Cinderella For Our Era

Cinderella For Our Era: Once upon a time, there were two sisters who lived with their mother. All three of them were cranky and selfish and cruel. It didn’t

Deliverance – The Story of Ahalya Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Deliverance – The Story of Ahalya

Deliverance – The Story of Ahalya: The story of Ahalya is often told from two perspectives: Ahalya’s own and Lord Rama’s in the Ramayana. This version presents

Echo and Narcissus – A Roman Mythological Tale Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

Echo and Narcissus – A Roman Mythological Tale

Echo and Narcissus – A Roman Mythological Tale: Echo was a beautiful nymph. She was very fond of the woods and hills and loved to play there. But she had one

Finding A Connect Through Stories Meet Lavanya Prasad Of Talescope Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

Finding A Connect Through Stories Meet Lavanya Prasad Of Talescope

Finding A Connect Through Stories Meet Lavanya Prasad Of Talescope: Once in a while you come across a storyteller for whom stories are a means to find a

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The Wooden Boy’s Lessons in Honesty Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Wooden Boy’s Lessons in Honesty

Geppetto’s latest blog entry: Some weeks ago, I visited a good friend and saw that he had a bit of plastic, which he wasn’t using. So I asked him for it, he

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down: In a certain town there lived a wealthy Brâhmiṇ. He wished to build a house - pretty large and spacious - as

Grasp All Lose All Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Grasp All Lose All

Grasp All Lose All: Once, in former times, there lived in a certain city in India a poor oil-seller, called Déna, who never could keep any money in his

Her Childhood Short Story Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Her Childhood Short Story

Her Childhood Short Story: Once upon a time in a small, quiet village, there lived a girl. She was obsessed with blue. Her room was blue, every dress she had

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale: Zulus live in Africa. Like you, the children who live there also like to listen to stories. But what would happen if

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi: Then, after a time, Rasâlu went to Hodinagari. And when he reached the house of the beautiful far-famed Queen Sundrân, he saw an

Infidelity – A Short Story Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Infidelity – A Short Story

Infidelity – A Short Story: I looked through the partly opened door. I found her sliding through our old pictures. Her fingers paused on each one. Her light

Internet- The life Saver Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Internet- The life Saver

Internet- The life Saver: While friends of her age would throw out parties, hang on movie theaters, enjoy weekends in pubs and coffee shops, she would savor

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