Fables for Children: Picture Books

A collection of children's fables.

Brown, Marcia. (1989). Once a Mouse... New York: Aladdin.
Bruchac, Joseph. (2005).  Turtle's Race with Beaver. Illustrated by Ariane Dewey and Jorge Arugeo. New York: Puffin.

Bruchac, Joseph. (2004).  Raccoon's Last Race.  Illustrated by Ariane Dewey and Jorge Arugeo. New York: Puffin.
Daugherty, James. (1989). Andy and the Lion. New York: Puffin.
Demi. (2014). The Pandas and Their Chopsticks: and Other Animal Stories. Wisdom Tales.
Demi. (1996). The Dragon's Tale: And Other Animal Fables of the Chinese Zodiac. New York: Henry Holt.
Franklin, Kristine L. (1999). The Gift. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books. 

from The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited.

Giovanni, Nikki. (2008). The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Somerville, MA: Candlewick. 
Hartman, Bob. (2004). The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Illustrated by Tim Raglin. New York: Puffin.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. (2013). You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together. Illustrated by Michael Emberley. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Lionni, Leo. (2010). Six Crows.  New York: Knopf.
Lionni, Leo. (2002). Frederick and His Friends: Four Favorite Fables. Illustrated by Eric Carle. New York: Knopf.
Lionni, Leo. (2000). Tico and the Golden Wings. New York: Knopf.
Lionni, Leo. (1996). It's Mine! New York: Dragonfly Books.
Lionni, Leo. (1973). Frederick. New York: Dragonfly Books.
Lionni, Leo. (1973). Swimmy. New York: Dragonfly Books.
Lobel, Arnold. (1983). Fables. New York: HarperCollins.
Marlow, Layn. (2009).  Hurry Up and Slow Down. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Mora, Pat. (2001). The Race of Toad and Deer. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Mora, Pat. (2001). La carrera del sapo y el venado. Illustrated by Domi. Toronto, ON: Groundwood Books.
Morpurgo, Michael. (2005). The McElderry Book of Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Morrison, Toni & Slade Morrison. (2014). The Tortoise or the Hare.  Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. New York: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
Morrison, Toni & Slade Morrison. (2010). Little Cloud and Lady Wind.  Illustrated by Sean Qualls. New York: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.
Morrison, Toni & Slade Morrison. (2003). The Ant or the Grasshopper?  Illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre. New York: Scribner.

from Looking for the Easy Life. 

Myers, Walter Dean. (2011). Looking for the Easy Life. Illustrated by Lee Harper. New York: HarperCollins
Naidoo, Beverley. (2011). Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Piet Grobler. London, UK: Frances Lincoln.

Nunes, Shio S. (2013). Chinese Fables: The Dragon Slayer and Other Timeless Tales of Wisdom. Illustrated by Lak-Khee Tay-Audouard. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing.

Jerry Pinkney's The Tortoise & the Hare.

Pinkney, Jerry. (2013). The Tortoise & the Hare. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Pinkney, Jerry. (2009). The Lion and The Mouse. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Pinkney, Jerry. (2000). Aesop's Fables. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Rocco, John. (2007). Wolf! Wolf! New York: Hyperion Books for Children.
Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. (1994). The Rainstick, A Fable. Illustrated by Peter Grosshauser. Stonington, CT : TwoDot.

Illustration by Talleen Hacikan from Aesop's Fables

Rosen, Michael. (2013). Aesop's Fables. Illustrated by Talleen Hacikan. Vancouver, BC: Tradewind Books.
Scieszka, Jon. (2003).  Squids will be Squids.  Illustrated by Lane Smith. New York: Puffin.
Slater, Kate. (2011). Magpie's Treasure. London, UK: Andersen's Books.
Sneed, Brad. (2003). Aesop's Fables. New York: Dial Books.
Steig, William. (2012). Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. New York: Little Brown.
Thornhill, Jan. (2006). Folktails: Animal Legends from Around the World. Maple Tree Press.
Ward, Helen. (2003). The Rooster and the Fox. Minneapolis, MN: The Millbrook Press.
Waters, Fiona. (2013). Aesop's Forgotten Fables. Illustrated by Fulvio Testa. London, UK: Andersen Press.
Wiesner, David & Fritz Leiber. (2004). Gonna Roll the Bones. Mills & Cookies Press.

Wildsmith, Brian. (2008). Brian Wildsmith's Favorite Fables. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Wildsmith, Brian. (2000). The Little Wood Duck. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Young, Ed. (2004). I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket. New York: Philomel.