Usborne Illustrated Stories from India

by Anja Klauss (Illustrator)

An illustrated collection of traditional stories from India, including tales of the battles and feats of the Hindu gods, plus ancient stories of trickery and cunning - all retold specially for young readers.

Genres: Picture Books

280 pages, Hardcover

First published December 29, 2015

Reviews

[Ellie Leighton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another lovely book to look at and yet again I am falling in love with India. As children we all read/listen to those stories with a moral. This book contains beautiful moral stories which include well known gods and goddesses. Making you feel just little a child all over again.

Each story is nice and short, perfect for bed time reading... or in my case reading in my lunch break at work!

My favourite short story included is Tigers and Cats. Any cat lover will enjoy this one as it explains how we ended up with the domestic cat. Who (as many of us will know) think they are mini tigers!

Every story has a lesson to teach. No matter how young or old you are, it is never too late to learn something new. Sometimes we need to be reminded of the good in the world as we get caught up in our own day to day life's.

This book is a wonderful way to introduce children to a new culture and new ideas. It's also perfect for adults that have fallen head over heels in love with India.

[James Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another excellent edition of the Usborne Illustrated books. Many great stories with classic and iconic characters from Indian lore and religion. While the illustrations are exceptional, besides the main page of each story which are beautifully colored, they are lacking. Not too many throughout the short stories like some other editions. But there will be often small marginalia illustrated within the stories which is nice, but just not as many full or half page illustrations.

[Shweta Gautam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful book with lovely illustrations. All the stories are very interesting with good moral values. Really a fun read for kids and adults too.

[Nightshade · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun collection of Indian stories which I really enjoyed reading. I some of them it is quite obvious what the ending is going to be because you can guess the morel they are trying to teach. But this doesn't detract from how fun they are.

[Enchant Gronbek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing, would love to research the gods