Fables de La Fontaine

Author: La Fontaine
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Children are all very fond of listening to and reading stories, especially fairy tales and fables suitable for them. These stories are winning with rich and varied content and vivid, intricate plots. The virtues shown in these works—such as highlighting kindness, punishing evil, pursuing light, and criticizing ugliness—will sow the seeds of love in children's innocent hearts and establish simple yet correct standards of right and wrong. This is an effective way to teach through entertainment and a key to influencing lives. To meet the thirst for knowledge of young readers, we have selected 30 fairy tales and fables suitable for primary school students from the treasure trove of world children's literature, compiling them into the "Essential Classics" series. We have titled this series "Essential Classics," not to exaggerate or to seek attention, but because these books are renowned, enduring masterpieces that are indeed classics that young readers should read earnestly. To help lower-grade primary school students read these beautiful books independently, we have added Pinyin annotations throughout the text and included numerous color illustrations. We hope that young readers will love this "Essential Classics" series, and that our good wishes will inspire them to love reading and read well. Children are all very fond of listening to and reading stories, especially fairy tales and fables suitable for them. These stories are winning with rich and varied content and vivid, intricate plots. The virtues shown in these works—such as highlighting kindness, punishing evil, pursuing light, and criticizing ugliness—will sow the seeds of love in children's innocent hearts and establish simple yet correct standards of right and wrong.