Project Gutenberg 2011-11-15 Public domain in the USA. 347 Tolstoy, Leo, graf 1828 1910 Толстой, Лев Николаевич Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy, Lev N. Tolstoï, Léon Tolstoy, Graf Leo Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevic Wiener, Leo 1862 1939 Weiner, Leo Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales Reading ease score: 87.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Anna Hall, Albert László, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education…" by Count Lev N. Tolstoy is a collection of children's fables and stories likely written in the late 19th century. This compilation showcases Tolstoy's talent for storytelling while imparting moral lessons through simple narratives, often featuring animals as characters in allegorical tales. The opening of the work introduces a series of fables adapted from Aesop and other traditions. Each fable contains a clear moral lesson, such as the benefits of cooperation, the pitfalls of pride, and the importance of honesty. For instance, the well-known tale of "The Ant and the Dove" illustrates how acts of kindness can lead to reciprocal help in times of need. These early tales set the stage for a broader exploration of moral truths, encompassing human behavior and natural phenomena, capturing the essence of learned life lessons aimed at young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Russian literature -- Translations into English PG Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Russian Interest 869734 869625 2024-10-16T06:30:55.350816 2023-09-16T12:32:49.074969 text/html text/html 887748 2021-10-27T22:42:20 text/html 4326216 2024-10-16T06:31:12.997738 application/epub+zip 4328624 2024-10-16T06:31:01.393848 application/epub+zip 392114 2024-10-16T06:30:58.812841 application/epub+zip 4761888 2024-10-16T06:31:21.321687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4671489 2024-10-16T06:31:10.644780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 545945 2022-09-17T11:27:12.988904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 799058 799003 2024-10-16T06:30:52.368957 2023-09-16T12:32:46.466941 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 798823 2021-10-27T22:44:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20393 2024-10-16T06:31:21.482697 application/rdf+xml 27249 2024-10-16T06:30:59.696817 image/jpeg 4922 2024-10-16T06:30:59.391808 image/jpeg 280653 2021-10-27T22:45:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 4089938 2021-10-27T22:45:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 4198487 2024-10-16T06:30:55.476862 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia