PANCHATANTRA.is a collection of classic stories originally written in Sanskrit in ancient times in India by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. It is the world`s most ancient collections stories mainly with animal characters. `Panch` means five and `tantra` means methods. They are insightful and thought provoking. The stories of PANCHATANTRA are re-told by Esther Mary Lyons in English an English Teacher with many years of teaching experience in India now teaching English in Australia. She was born in Calcutta, educated in Allahabad and has done B.Ed., M.Ed. and Grad Diploma in Special Education from Sydney University Teacher`s College, and Bathurst University (Australia). The author thinks the stories from PANCHATANTRA are dedicated to build and provide methods for the development process of a child through interesting stories, moral teaching and creative pursuits

Contents
How It All Began..
1.The Monkeys Heart
2.The Crow Couple and The Cobra
3.The Singing Donkey
4.The Foolish Scholara
5.The Talkative Tortoise
6.The Heron and the Crab
7.The Wise Rabbit
8.The Lion, The Fox and the Ass
9.The Cobra-Son and the Daugter-in-law
10.Tit for Tat
11.Unity is Strength
12.The Dreamer
13.The Cats Judgement
14.The Muni and the Mouse
15.The Pet Mongoose
16.The Mighty Lion King
17.The Painted Jackal
18.The Hollow Drum
19.The Uninvited Guest
20.Thee Three Fish