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Fable books for children

Fables and fable-shaped picture books for children: short, sharp stories built around a single moral move. The genre is at its strongest when it earns the moral rather than imposing it — when the lesson follows naturally from a story you wanted to hear anyway.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

by Charlie Mackesy · age 6–12

The Koala Who Could

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

The Lion Inside

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

The Smartest Giant in Town

by Julia Donaldson · age 3–6

Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm

by Charlie Mackesy · age 6–12

by Shaun Tan · age 10–15

Duck, Death and the Tulip

by Wolf Erlbruch · age 6–10

by Lemony Snicket · age 3–7

The Night Gardener

by Terry Fan · age 4–8

What Do You Do With a Problem?

by Kobi Yamada · age 4–8

What Do You Do With an Idea?

by Kobi Yamada · age 4–8

by Levi Pinfold · age 4–8

by Mac Barnett · age 3–7

How the Stars Came to Be

by Poonam Mistry · age 4–8

by Kobi Yamada · age 4–9

Rain Before Rainbows

by Smriti Halls · age 3–7

The Camel Who Had the Hump

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

The Fate of Fausto: A Painted Fable

by Oliver Jeffers · age 6–10

The Five Misfits

by Beatrice Alemagna · age 5–9

The Squirrels Who Squabbled

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

What Do You Do With a Chance?

by Kobi Yamada · age 4–8

by Mac Barnett · age 4–8

Cloud Tea Monkeys

by Mal Peet · age 5–9

by Alfredo Soderguit · age 4–8

The King Who Banned the Dark

by Emily Haworth-Booth · age 4–8

The Memory Tree

by Britta Teckentrup · age 3–7

The Midnight Panther

by Poonam Mistry · age 3–8

The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back

by Jonathan Stutzman · age 3–6

The Pandas Who Promised

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

by Helen Ward · age 4–8

The Way Home for Wolf

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

The Whale Who Wanted More

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

by Mia My · age 3–7

Just One Little Light

by Kat Yeh · age 4–8

by Alex Latimer · age 3–7

by Rebecca Young · age 4–8

The Gecko and the Echo

by Rachel Bright · age 3–7

The Seeds We Sow

by Alexandra Riza · age 4–8

by Suzy Lee · age 4–8

by Helen Ward · age 6–10

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