10 Fantastic Fables for 4-8 Year Olds (Perfect for Bedtime & Independent Reading)

By Arcturus Publishing

Storytime: A Brand New Series of Illustrated eBooks for Kids

From The Hare and the Tortoise to The Boy Who Cried Wolf, this classic collection features some of the world's best-loved children's stories in an easy eBook format. Ready to read at the touch of a button and beautifully illustrated throughout, it's the perfect introduction to these timeless tales for boys and girls aged 4 and up.

Help improve your child's reading in just 10 minutes a day with these short story collections from Storytime.

10 minutes of reading a day can...

Boost Vocabulary

Reading for a short period every day exposes your child to almost 1 million words per year, which helps to foster communication and understanding.

Encourage Learning

Reading at home is linked to better performance in spelling, comprehension and general knowledge, helping to develop important learning skills.

Promote Relaxation

Reading a book gives your child the quiet time they need each day to relax, and is a great way for you to spend quality time together.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Apr 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788282895

Arcturus Publishing

Arcturus Publishing offers a vast and varied range of puzzles, from novelty and specialist content, to popular titles such as crosswords, sudoku, and wordsearch. All of Arcturus Publishing's puzzle titles are of a high quality and in varying degrees of difficulty, with no trick questions. Full solutions are included at the back of each book.

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10 Fantastic Fables

Contents

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Three Fishes

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Blind Friends and the Elephant

Dolly Daydream

The Dog and his Bone

The Wind and the Sun

The Monkey and the Crocodile

The Greedy Fox

The Bird in Borrowed Feathers

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Alfie was a shepherd boy, and it was his job, come rain or shine, to look after the sheep that belonged to his friends in the village.

One sunny day, he was sitting on the hillside watching the sheep, when he started to think about the younger children playing in the village. How he wished he could join them! Just remembering the fun he used to have made Alfie grow tired of his fleecy companions. He was bored with watching the clouds float by, and he’d climbed every tree.

I wish something exciting would happen, he sighed. And then he had an idea—an idea filled with mischief.

Suddenly, Alfie shouted, Wolf! Wolf! There is a wolf chasing the sheep!

His cries were so loud that everyone in the village heard him, and they all came rushing up the hill with their hatchets to help drive the wolf away. But when they got there, there was no wolf to be found, and the sheep were lazily grazing on the grass, with not a care in the world. The boy chuckled to himself at the clever joke he had played on everyone.

Tricked you! he laughed, but the villagers weren’t amused.

What a foolish thing to do, they complained. Never cry wolf unless there is truly a wolf to fear, Alfie. Then they went back to their business, leaving Alfie