This book is part of a book series called Classic Fables And Legends .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 56 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Penguin Books Ltd .

AESOP probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives grounds for thinking that he was a slave.