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The Fox Outfoxed and Other Tales

By Aesop
Series: Little Puffin Clothbound Classics
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Gorgeously collectable Little Clothbound Classic editions of beloved short stories for children Discover the timeless wisdom of Aesop's fables in this beautiful, collectable new Little Puffin Clothbound Classic. 'No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.' From the devious tale of 'The Fox... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Gorgeously collectable Little Clothbound Classic editions of beloved short stories for children Discover the timeless wisdom of Aesop's fables in this beautiful, collectable new Little Puffin Clothbound Classic. 'No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.' From the devious tale of 'The Fox Outfoxed' to the sage story of 'Town Mouse and Country Mouse', this Little Puffin Clothbound Classic collects the best-known and most thought-provoking of Aesop's timeless fables into a perfectly giftable hardback edition. The Little Puffin Clothbound Classics collect some of the most beloved classic short stories for young readers into stunning, highly collectable small format editions. Bound in high-quality cloth with dazzling new foil-stamped designs, they're little enough to fit in a pocket and lovely enough to keep forever. Gift the best-loved classics to a new generation with Puffin's gorgeously accessible Little Puffin Clothbound Classics collection.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241783078

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin Classics

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 114.0mm

Height: 167.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 128

Collections

Aesop Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Penguin Books Series: Little Puffin Clothbound Classics

About the Author

Aesop lived in the early sixth century BC on the island of Samos, which lies off the coast of modern Turkey. He originally came from Thrace which was a separate country in those days, though it now forms part of Greece and Bulgaria. Very little is known about his life except that he worked as a slave on Samos for a master called Iadmon, and that he became a very famous storyteller. He was so famous that almost any fable which could have been told by him became attributed to him.

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