Sikh Stories

Storyteller

by Anita Ganeri, Rachael Phillips (Illustrator)

A collection of stories coming from the Sikh religion.

Genres: Religion, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[The Library Mouse Tales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sikh Stories focuses on stories about the lives of the gurus. It has child-friendly artwork and clear well written tales to introduce young readers to the most important beliefs, values, and traditions of the Sikh faith.

The book features 8 stories: The Rich man and the Needle of Heaven, The Milk and the Jasmine Flower, The story of Bhai Lalo, The Emperor and the Langar, The story of Guru Ram Das, The Princes and the Guru’s Cloak, The Merchant and the Five Hundred Coins, The Founding of the Khalsa.

Each story is supported by fact boxes about the people, places, objects and events that are significant to that text. This are really helpful and teach you a lot of facts behind the stories and the history of the faith.

I enjoyed reading these short stories with the bright illustrations. I think that it taught me quite a lot about Sikhs and what they believe and how their religion has formed.

[Arminzerella · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories about different Sikh gurus. Each is a teaching story with a lesson learned at the end. Begins with a very brief introduction (1 paragraph) to the Sikh religion, so those unfamiliar with its tenets/beliefs will need something supplementary.

[Bobby · Rating 5 out of 5]

These stories are the perfect length for small kids, i.e., not too long, and use appropriately simple language. A very nice touch is the combination of photos and bright illustrations which accompany the stories. And what made it 5-star is the addition of various facts and historical information in the form of a Glossary and "Did You Know" text boxes.