Fables are capable to give to the person an idea of morals, since early age. Collections of works of Krylov, Tolstoy, Aesop for some become the reference book.
The fable is a literary genre, short, most often the poetic, satirically representing human relations and acts. Sometimes for brighter transfer of sense animals act as characters.
Fables by Krylov
When people hear the word "fable", at once remember Ivan Andreevich Krylov. His works perfectly will be suitable for children's reading. The most instructive of fables by Krylov: "Wolf and lamb", "Crow and fox", "Quartet", "Cuckoo and nightingale", "The Monkey and the Glasses", "Elephant and Pug". These works are easily perceived by children as support characters animals. At the same time they are very instructive and are easily remembered.
If the child of preschool age, it is possible to read fables and to explain why the monkey so ridiculously looks or why at the quartet it is impossible to play beautiful music. Independent reading fables with retelling of sense perfectly will be suitable for children of younger school age. It will help to develop not only logic, but also technology of reading.
Fables by Tolstoy
For more advanced age time of acquaintance to fables by Tolstoy came. It could leave behind the surprising works capable to bring up younger generation. Such fables as "Two companions", "A wolf and a crane", "A raven and a fox", "A fox and grapes", "A wolf and a mare" it is possible to read several times to understand all meaning of what was said in them.
Fables by Aesop
Along with Krylov and Tolstoy's fables well develop the correct relation to life of the work of Mikhalkov, La Fontaine. Each author on the is good. Some do La Fontaine or Mikhalkov's collections by the reference book subsequently. Addressing daily fables, it is possible to look with humour at some acts of people and not to be angry with them. There is a special wish to stop on fables by Aesop. The legendary fabulist lived in the 6th century BC, but his works still enjoy wide popularity not only at adults, but also children. He is compared to brothers Grimm who collected national fairy tales. Only Aesop was engaged in collecting of fables among contemporaries. Reading to the child of the fable of Aesop, it is possible to begin acquaintance not only to morals and satire, but also history. Aesop managed to give subtleties of a classical antiquity which it is possible to touch through his works.