The title Kalila wa Dimna first came to my attention long ago in my second year of Arabic language study. Ahmad Amin mentions Kalila wa Dimna in passing in his autobiography, Hayati (Cairo: 1952), an excerpt of which I read in Farhat Ziadeh’s Reader in Modern Literary Arabic. Over the years, I tried occasionally to read a bit of the original and found the classical Arabic intimidating. The task of reviewing Munther Younes’s retelling of these stories represented the opportunity to taste the stories’ flavor without the drudgery of dictionary look-up. Among other accomplishments, Younes simplifies the grammar and lexicon to the point where intermediate students of Arabic will understand what they read without excessive struggle. This review will touch upon the structure and substance of Kalila wa Dimna itself and Younes’ approach to retelling the stories and their utilization as an Arabic language teaching tool.