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Aesop's Fables

Learning: Primary

Aesop's best-known fables retold for a young audience.

40 of Aesop's best-known fables are brought to life in adaptations for children aged 5 to 9.

40 of Aesop's best-known fables are brought to life in adaptations for children aged 5 to 9. Each story is five minutes long and read by an all-star cast including Brenda Blethyn, the late Richard Briers, Lindsay Duncan, Richard E Grant, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce and Alison Steadman.

Aesop's Fables: Fables 13 - 16

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Fables 13 - 16

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The Ant and Grasshopper; Vain Jackdaw; Frogs who wanted a king and The Cat and the Mice.

The fables in this collection are The Ant and Grasshopper (read by Alison Steadman); The Vain Jackdaw (read by Lindsay Duncan); The Frogs who wanted a king (read by Richard E Grant) and The Cat and the Mice (read by Jane Horrocks).

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Aesop's Fables

Fables 13 - 16

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