Book Review:Childrens Literature: Tales from India edited by Jospeh Jacobs
Recommended : Middle Schoolers and above
Stories compiled for a western audience while could still be nostalgic to an Indian.This is compilation from ancient Indian texts like Jatakas , Panchatantra and other fables.A collection of 25 storiesThe stories of talking animals and supernatural adventures are very much Indian in style.The most famliar of all is the talkative tortoise .