Aesop's Fables Robert Temple's Penguin edition is titled "The Complete Fables by Aesop" (1998) but in fact many from Babrius, Phaedrus and other major ancient sources have been omitted. More recently, in 2002 a translation by Laura Gibbs titled "Aesop's Fables" was published by Oxford World's Classics. This book includes 359 and has selections from all the major Greek and Latin sources. Until the 18th century the fables were largely put to adult use by teachers, preachers, speech-makers and moralists. It was the philosopher John Locke who first seems to have advocated targeting children as a special audience in "Some Thoughts Concerning
Storyteller (Silko book) Storyteller (Silko book) Storyteller is a hybrid collection of poetry, short stories and family photographs compiled by Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. It was first published in 1981 following the literary success of the novel Ceremony. "Storyteller" is a collection of short stories influenced by Silko's family crafted from tribal traditions and the oral tradition. The works in "Storyteller" are often accompanied by photographs taken by the author or from her family collection from the area surrounding Laguna Pueblo where Silko grew up. Poetry is also heavily featured in the book also featuring photographic media by the author. Silko's