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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 17 - 20

Fables 17 - 20

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Lion and Mouse, The Caged Bird and the Bat, The Fox and Goat and The Lion and Elephant.

The fables in this collection are The Lion and the Mouse (read by the late Richard Briers); The Caged Bird and the Bat (read by Brenda Blethyn); The Fox and the Goat (read by Jonathan Pryce) and The Lion and the Elephant (read by Alison Steadman).

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Aesop's Fables

Fables 17 - 20

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