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 ...

In the Aesop Fable "The Grasshopper and the Ant," there are moral, economic and political lessons for our time, or any other. As the story goes, the lazy grasshopper wiles away his summer days singing ...

WASHINGTON — Aesop was a writer, possibly of African origin, who lived more than 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. But although he's long gone, his famous fables — or those credited to him, if not ...

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 ...

Aesop's The Lion and the Boar. Source: J van Kessel/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain A fable is a short tale that features animals or other non-human entities (the sun, the wind, trees…), and ...

Though they were rendered ages ago, Aesop’s famous fables contain some financial lessons that can apply to people’s personal money situation today. There are investment, saving and frugality lessons ...

Like many of you, I have been spending a lot of time during the past week thinking about Aesop’s Fables. If your days have not been spent in deep contemplation of those pithy morality tales from ...

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 ...