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Gr 3–5—Describing the ancient teaching stories from India, Gavin explains that the old tales known as the Panchatantra were traditionally used to educate princes and were divided into five themes or frames. She has chosen a complex scheme for retelling one story for each theme, threading them into her own longer text, which introduces three unpleasant princes whose father hires a wise old teacher "with the intention of educating the princes into the art of kingship" in six months. As they live out these months, the foursome are joined by Preeta, a sensible girl from a neighbori...Log In or Sign Up to Read More