Aesop, Just in Rhyme

AESOP, JUST IN RHYME is a new version of more than 100 favorite Aesop's Fables. The poems are light, humorous, many with dialogue to enhance characterization. Several rhyme schemes are employed to provide interest and variety. They are intended for readers and listeners of all ages. These stories, celebrated for over 2000 years, cleverly outline human flaws as portrayed by birds, fish and animals. Sometimes humans appear to catalogue their own errors. Vanity, jealousy, excessive pride, self-righteousness and decision-making without considering consequences, all have their places. We can see ourselves and our neighbors in these poems. For students to read and enjoy on their own, for parents and teachers to read to children, for adults to experience a new version of the Fables, AESOP, JUST IN RHYME offers fun as well as Aesop's enlightenment. It is hoped that you will find them entertaining for many years.