Illustrated Stories from Around the World

by Lesley Sims (Retelling)

A wonderful collection of ten folktales specially chosen from around the globe. Stories are The Baobab Tree, Baba Yaga the Flying Witch, The Stonecutter, Dick Whittington, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, King Midas and the Golden Touch, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Pear Tree and Genie in the Bottle. Each story is brilliantly illustrated by artists from the Usborne Young Reading Programme.

Genres: Childrens, Short Stories

335 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2010

About the author

Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio.

Reviews

[Neha Bansal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book... Beautiful stories... One anomoly though...the talking fish in the Indian story is supposed to be Vishnu and not Brahma.
Breathtakingly lovely illustrations... Each story carrying the native elements of the story's locations.

[duniamimpigie Anggi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wuhuuuuu~~~!!! Saya bener-bener merasa beruntung bisa mendapatkan buku ini seharga 50 ribu sajah!!! Isinya apik bener! Terutama ilustrasi-ilustrasinyaaaa~~~ <3
Masing-masing ilustratornya punya gaya gambar sendiri yang khas. Bahkan ada satu ilustrator yang bisa menggambar dengan dua gaya yang berbeda <3
Ada satu typo di teksnya, tapi yah karena ilustrasi-ilustrasinya mantep, saya pura-pura gak liat aja deh! *plak*

Btw, saya paling suka ilustrasi yang cerita Pohon Baobab. Terus, ternyata ada cerita mirip-mirip kejadian Banjir Besar Nabi Nuh di India juga ya?
Sebenarnya gak aneh sih nemuin dongeng-dongeng yang serupa di seluruh penjuru dunia, bahkan misalnya wilayahnya terpisah jauh kayak dari Eropa ke Asia Selatan.

[Muhajjah Saratini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mungkin karena saya tidak menghayati karena numpang baca pas main ke kos kawan. Atau mungkin karena otak saya lagi tidak bisa menikmati dunia pohon dan tukang batu yang selalu mengeluh atau gadis yang berusaha lari dari penyihir. Tapi saya mendapat versi Raja Midas yang terlepas dari kutukan.
Melegakan... :D

[mandinmandin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cat and mice drawings everywhere. Also cute stories.

[Gabriel CARDENAS GALLO · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story with stories from around the world. It is an interesting book that you can read when you are boring and do not know what to do.

[Zahra Rose Duxbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well read.

[Adam Schetselaar · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter doesn't really like the look of the genie. I like the stories from all over the world. They were silly.