Aesop For Children

Library Of Congress

About this app

The Aesop for Children interactive book is designed to be enjoyed by readers of any age. The book contains over 140 classic fables, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and interactive animations.

“Aesop's Fables”—also called “the Aesopica”—are a collection of stories designed to teach moral lessons credited to Aesop, a Greek slave and story-teller thought to have lived between 620 and 560 BCE.

Aesop's fables are some of the most well known in the world and have been translated in multiple languages and become popular in dozens of cultures through the course of five centuries. They have been told and retold in a variety of media, from oral tradition to written storybooks to stage, film and animated cartoon versions—even in architecture.

The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Younger scholars will be able to trace the origin of aphorisms such as “sour grapes” and “a bird in the hand.”

This interactive ebook is presented by the Library of Congress, adapted from the book “The Aesop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter,” published by Rand, McNally & Co in 1919. This work is considered to be in the public domain in the United States.

Ratings and reviews

A classic work of literature in an interactive, add-free digital version - this is an app that you can feel good about letting your child use, or that you could use to refresh your own memory of Aesop. Less addictive than other, flashier apps, but truly valuable, this would also be a good fit for grown folks who like daily dose of learning apps.

I really loved this app as I read it prenatal and postnatal to my child. now I have the physical book of Aesop's fables so I don't need this app anymore as I'm trying to clear up space on my phone.

Fun app, great stories.

What’s new

Bug fixes.