Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fable written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1998 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using tales about animals to expose human foibles is the oldest trick in the book, as ancient as Babylon and as new as Dr. Seuss. Aesop anti La Fontaine are merely the best-known tellers of fables. There are in fact countless others.