Adapted from the well-known 8th Century CE collection of fables by Ibn al-Muquffa'., putting wisdom into the mouths of animals. In this book, pigeon leads her companions, Crow asks for friendship, The jackal is exposed, the small rabbit triumphs over the mighty elephant, the monkey forms a strange friendship, all this and more, in a large hard cover book with imaginative illustrations that will take you to medieval times.