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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 5 - 8

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Fables 5 - 8

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The bundle of sticks, Gnat and the Lion, North Wind and the Sun, The Fox and the grapes

The fables in this collection are The bundle of sticks (read by Brenda Blethyn), The Gnat and the Lion (read by Richard E Grant), The North Wind and the Sun (read by Lindsay Duncan) and The Fox and the grapes (read by Alison Steadman).

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Aesop's Fables

Fables 5 - 8

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