W. T. Larned & Jean de La Fontaine 
Reynard the Fox and Other Fables 

‘Some folks say Reynard the Fox is a rascal. They will tell you he is sly, and up to all sorts of tricks. He prowls around at night, smelling the air with his long nose, and listening with his long ears; and when he has done prowling, you may be pretty sure he is not as hungry as when he set out.’

So begins ‘How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven, ‘ the first of these eighteen enchanting stories. The adventures of Reynard, the great folkloric trickster, along with those of other animals are charmingly adapted by William Trowbridge Larned from Jean de La Fontaine’s classic fables. Striking color illustrations by artist John Rae enhance ‘The Tortoise and the Hare, ‘ ‘Jocko the Monkey and Mouser the Cat, ‘ ‘The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, ‘ ‘The Grasshopper Goes to the Ant, ‘ and other timeless tales.

Table of Content

How Reynard the Fox Fooled the Raven


The Raven Who Would Be Like an Eagle


The Dog Who Got a Good Ducking


The Tortoise Who Ran a Race With the Hare


How the Hired Man Learned a Lesson


The Heron Who Was Hard to Please


Jocko the Monkey and Mouser the Cat


The Grapes Hang High for Reynard the Fox


Davy Green Tries His New Sling


How Leo the Lion Was Killed by the Gnat


The Stork Gets Even With Reynard the Fox


The Ass Who Put on the Skin of a Lion


The Grasshopper Goes to the Ant


The Miller, His Son and the Ass


Ferdinand the Frog Does Something Big


The City Mouse and the Country Mouse


The Cat Shows the Fox Her One Best Trick


The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs

About the author

John Rae (1882–1963) attended the Art Students League of New York and was a student of Howard Pyle. He wrote and illustrated many children’s books, including
The New Adventures of Alice, Grasshopper Green and the Meadow Mice, and
Granny Goose.