The classic animal fables of India, retold gently with your child as the friend who helps the monkey, the rabbit, the tortoise and the mice and learns the lesson beside them. Pick a tale, choose a story idea, add a photo, and the illustrated book starts right away.

A monkey who shares his jamun fruit with a crocodile, and the quick thinking that keeps a friendship from going wrong.

A small rabbit uses a deep well and a little wit to teach a proud lion that the forest belongs to everyone.

A jackal who falls into a pot of blue dye and pretends to be a king, until his own howl gives him away.

A crow, a mouse, a tortoise and a deer who prove that four small friends together can untie any knot.

Two geese carry a tortoise through the sky on a stick, if only he can keep his mouth closed until they land.

A pair of crows and a clever plan with a golden necklace that sends a troublesome cobra far away from their nest.

A donkey who loves to sing so much that he forgets the farmers are asleep, and learns there is a time for everything.

A herd of elephants spares a village of mice, and the tiny mice return the kindness when the giants need it most.

A loyal mongoose who guards a sleeping baby from a snake, and the moment of pause that saves a family from a hasty mistake.

A tiny mouse a kind hermit turns into a cat, a dog and then a tiger, and the pride that shrinks him right back to size.

A sweet-talking heron who offers to carry the pond's fish to safety, and the sharp-eyed crab who spots the trick in time.

A curious monkey who tugs a carpenter's wedge from a half-sawn log, and the pinched tail that teaches him to ask before he pulls.

A hungry jackal frightened by a great booming in the forest, and the brave peep that shows it is only a drum tapped by the wind.