Gather beneath the banyan tree for stories that have charmed the world for two thousand years.

Long ago in ancient India, a wise teacher was asked to make three idle princes wise, and he did it with stories. Here you will meet a lion king and a gentle bull driven apart by a whispering jackal, a tortoise who simply cannot keep his mouth shut, a little hare who outwits a mighty lion, and a jackal dyed blue who makes himself king of the forest, until the night he forgets himself and howls.

Here are 34 of these timeless tales from the Panchatantra, retold in the clear, gentle style of Aesop. Each one takes only a few minutes to read and ends with a lesson worth remembering.

• 34 short fables, each ending with a timeless moral
• A full-page illustration opening every story
• A lovely gift for readers of every age

Also available in a Large Print Edition with 16-point type.