Aesop's Fables (Kindred Thicket Edition)

Aesop’s Fables is a perfect first taste of literature: short, vivid stories that a child can hold whole, each carrying a small piece of wisdom. Kindred Thicket reads them aloud for you, clearly and warmly, from the much-loved Milo Winter 1919 edition, so the whole family can gather in for a reading.

The reading will be free on YouTube, with free printable character cards and coloring pages from the email list, and companion guides for families who want copywork and drawn narration pages to go with the fables.

What it is

A clear, expressive read-aloud of the fables, gathered in order, with the gentle Charlotte Mason rhythm: a short opening, the fable read aloud with the words on screen, and an invitation to tell it back. The moral stays a quiet, optional part of the reading, never a worksheet.

Who it is for

Any family reading Aesop together. The fables make a gentle first taste of literature, and one reading can gather everyone, whatever their ages.

What’s free, and what’s in the companion guide

• Free, with the email list: printable character cards and coloring pages.
• Paid, as companion guides: a companion guide for each set of eleven fables, with single-sentence (Level-1) copywork and drawn-narration pages. Each companion guide is small and gentle, kept low in price, with no pressure to buy the whole book at once.

Coming soon

Aesop’s Fables is launching now. Join the email list and we will tell you the moment the readings and the free cards and coloring pages are ready.

We do the planning. The books come alive. Your child does the learning.