A World Full of Animal Stories: 50 folk tales and legends (Volume 2)

My animal loving son LOVES this book! We also like how the stories are separated by continent!

I’m glad this book includes heritage cultural stories from around the world and that there were many I’ve yet heard of. My family enjoys hearing stories like these. The art is enticing and keeps their attention while they listen.

I love this book and look forward to sharing it with my great-granddaughter. The stories are special and the artwork will engage her and anyone who reads it, to her or just for their own fun…this series of books is very special.

This book answers all the age-old questions of life, like why a bear has a stumpy tail, and what happens when a turtle matches wits with a coyote. A solid collection from around the world, you’ll find classics like The Three Little Pigs, as well as new favorites from Asia and Africa. I purchased this book for my 4th grader who loves tall tales, and fables. Having recently finished a collection of Aesop’s fables, she was eager for more exciting stories of talking animals and fantastical adventures. We were not disappointed. The stories are a good length for kids to read aloud, there are not a lot of complicated words, and they are usually between 1 and 3 pages long. I like that the stories are from all over the world, which gives us an opportunity to learn about different cultures. I would recommend this book to anyone with a child who loves fables, or myths about animals and nature.

I love how McAllister put together A World Full of Animal Stories. Being able to find out the origin of stories about animals we have heard for years was fun as an adult, but also excellent for children to learn as they heard the stories. My current classroom is studying animals of all kinds and it was fun to consult the book to find out if there were any stories about our animal and where it originated. This book also inspired wonderful thinking about writing animal tales.

My daughter chose this book to read for two weeks straight after we got it. She still picks it most nights. We love the stories and pictures. (Fair warning: There are a few of the stories that are a little dark for young children. More along the lines of the original Grimm fairytales, if you get my meaning.)

I got this book for my children after we read through the sister set of tales from around the globe, but I also got this book for myself. It is a lovely edition to hold and the illustration is simply beautiful. Some of the stories are a little lost on the younger crowds (who may not get metaphor yet), but it has allowed us to have many interesting conversations.

Our best purchase so far. I have started homeschooling, my daughter is an incredibly self motivated Aspie.(Started teaching herself multiplication, four languages, etc) and we have used this book to inspire a Unit Study learning approach. With the study of "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks are Stained with Tears" we learned about velocity/acceleration (physics - by comparison via youtube), cheetahs (biology), the art and music and dance of the Zulu tribe, geography (continuing on from her geographic instruction from Africa - also she has a friend in school from South Africa so this helped inspire her) - I adore this book. I've already put on order others by the same author/publisher. It's a great tool for learning and exploring. I wish I had had access to this during my school years.

Tolle Kurzgeschichten in wunderschöner Aufmachung

What’s the different store? Is in this book. All fun lighthearted and want to be read again. And again and again and again really really really lovely illustrations lovely

Las ilustraciones son preciosas y creo que será de gran utilidad para leerle por las noches e inculcarle la lectura!

Such a lovely book, my son never gets bored of these stories.

This is a well written collection of animal stories from around the world, written in an engaging style. Children love reading, or being read to, these timeless tales. This is just one book in a whole collection of short stories by this author, all with different themes. Thoroughly recommended for reading aloud or for just immersing yourself in engaging stories.