This book is a collection of Fables and Folklore, some of which are entertaining. Within the book are some old favorites such as the turtle and the rabbit and some I hadn’t heard of such as the weasel and the hole.

Of the stories within this book I enjoyed the ones that taught a lesson and were humorous such as the Turtle and the two ducks. Many of the stories I found to be dull. The ideas for the stories are good, however they are very short. If the authors would have used each of the ideas to form longer stories (possibly multiple books) I think they would have been more detailed and interesting.

From a teacher’s perspective this book could hold much value. The stories are short enough to read is introductions to many lessons. For example, if I were to be teaching a lesson on time management a good story to introduce the topic would be The Grasshopper and the Ant. ( )