Fables are allegorical tales, illustrating a moral or satirizing human behavior. The characters of a fable are usually personified animals. Important collections of fables are those of Aesop, Jean de la Fontaine, Ivan Krylov, the Buddhist Jataka tales, and the Indian Panchatantra. Aesop's Fables (25) Jataka Tales@ (10) La Fontaine, Jean de (6) 1. Amusing Fables - Collection of short funny fables from HumorSphere. 2. Fable - Infoplease.com short overview. 3. Frog Fables - Fables and parables with frogs as the character. 4. Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) - Biography and bibliography of Russia's most famous fabulist. 5. Land of Folklore and Fables - Full text of many public domain folktales, ordered alphabetically. 6. Sky At Dusk - Fables pertaining to the fantasy world, including gypsies, werewolves and ghosts. 7. The Twenty-four Carat Buddha and Other Fables: Stories of Self Discovery - A book by Maxine Harris, includes excerpts. 8. Fifty Famous Fables - Selected for second grade reading by Lida Brown McMurry. 9. The Stuffed Fabulist - A collection of contemporary fables, parables, and other reports of "things that go bump in the night."

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