Review of the Day: Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa

Stories of the Islands
By Clar Angkasa
Holiday House
$22.99
ISBN: 9780823449781
On shelves October 31st

There was a time, oh best beloved, when fairytales and works of folklore ruled children’s libraries across America. It was an era before the big box bookstores, long before the internet, when librarians set the tone for what would and wouldn’t sell in the world of children’s literature. Back then, if you wanted to look at world cultures, fairytales and folktales were your one and only way of d...