The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book: World Folk Tales Especially for Reading Aloud

by Bob Hartman, Susie Poole

A Featured Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month!
 
In this new collection of international folk tales, storyteller Bob Hartman blends familiar stories with little-known tales. Each story has been chosen for its integrity and for its ability to encourage and inspire children who are learning to understand the world around them. It is a captivating anthology that reflects the storyteller’s humor and joy of life, both of which are echoed in Susie Poole’s lively watercolor illustrations.

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, Childrens, Short Stories, Pre K, Geography, School

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Compilation has Superb stories that carry deep meanings that even a child can understand.

[Matthieu Wegh · Rating 3 out of 5]

? In het Nederlands heet het boek: "Het rondjewereld verhalenboek." en ik vond hem onder volksverhalen bij mijn bieb..
🤔 De verhaaltjes gaan over mensen en dieren en vaak gaat het over wel of niet slim zijn, slimmer zijn dan een ander. Uit Puerto Rico komen er bijvoorbeeld verhaaltjes van 1 bladzijde over een konijn dat slimmer is dan een tijger, die hem op wil eten...
De verhaaltjes zijn aardig, niet bijzonder, tekeningen zijn prima, de suggesties achter in het boek vond ik verrassend, maar duidelijk niet mijn ding, net als vingerpopjes die ik meekrijg van de voorleesexpress ook niet mijn ding zijn...als ik voorlees of luister hoeven daar geen spelelementen bij wat mij betreft. De spelletjes zoals memory en ik ga op reis en ik neem mee..doe ik altijd tussen het voorlezen door.
MW 8/10/22

[Ebookwormy1]

Brief stories and colorful illustrations provide insights into lands around the world. While the book leans European, the stories are arranged such that one doesn't feel too bogged down in one place. A delightful bedtime read that remains a cherished part of our home library, and complements Stories from Around the World.

This book includes 40 stories referenced from:
England x4 (United Kingdom), including an original story by the author
Wales x2 (United Kingdom)
Scotland x2 (United Kingdom)
Ireland (United Kingdom)
Puerto Rico x6
North America x3
Africa x3
Japan x3
Australia x2
Greece x2
Finland x2
Java (Indonesia)
India
Germany
India
Spain
Norway
Brazil
France
Russia
Egypt

Stories from Around the World, Amery, 2000
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[Kati Lillemets · Rating 5 out of 5]

Olen lapsele lugenud mitmeid muinasjutte. Selle raamatu juures meeldisid meile mõlemale eriti lood jänesest ja Tiigrist. Täpselt piisava pikkusega, et sobida unejutuks ning igas loos oli oma õpetlik terake. Mõnus vaheldus Disney poolt ära leierdatud juttudele.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really fun collection of stories; our family especially loved the rabbit and tiger stories that occur throughout the book. The main thing that I didn't particularly like was girls being given away without any choice, like a prize, in a couple of the stories, so I very slightly modified a few endings when reading to my kids. (There are varying views on censorship, but I don't want my daughter receiving the message that she's an object rather than a being capable of making her own decisions, and she's only two so we can't have more in-depth conversations about the messaging yet. Might be nit-picking to some but it's important to me that she hears of girls being active in stories.)

But overall, it's a really imaginative and fun set of stories, and my kids loved listening to them.

[Samantha DeVoir · Rating 5 out of 5]

These stories can be very strange, but I think it is in part the strangeness of them that holds kids attention. I have trouble getting my 4 year old to listen to stories and she is really engaged in this book. The illustrations are fun and combined with the way the story is spun together it seems to be a good fit for my oldest right now. Her 2 year old sister enjoys it too, but she lets me read more to begin with.

[Sara Hollar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! There are 40 or so folk tales in this storybook, from all over the world. It took us a long time to get through it, but it was worth it! There's wisdom to learn from each story, but they also just make fun read alouds. This was a great way to get my 2 year old used to sitting still and listening to a story for a little longer than a picture book. Very fun!

[Christy Whitsell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not expect to like this book. Surprise! The stories are charming, and most of them were new to me. The 4 and 7 year olds both enjoyed it immensely. I don’t love the illustrations and wish they listed the country the story was from on the page of the story rather than just in the table of contents.

[Justine Trokey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well-done collection of folktales from around the world with pleasant cartoon style pictures. There were some Aesop's fables, some Grimms, just-so stories, and other tales I'd never heard before. My personal favorite is the story of the peacock. My kids always looked forward to reading these stories, and they were good for a quick read.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautifully illustrated collection of bedtime stories and fables.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great short stories that were fun to read aloud. The kids really enjoyed the pictures.

[Mimi V · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading these stories with my girl! My favorite stories are:
1. The Clever Mouse
2. The Determined Frog
3. Tortoise Brings Food

[Derek Winterburn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The strength of this book is the breadth of the stories - from a wide variety of countries and cultures. Hartman knows how to tell stories, and although some of them seem to be less his own style of writing, all are lively and vivid.

The genre of folk tales has its own tropes, which can make endings predictable: e.g. events occurring in threes, and protagonists being unconsciously kind to a disguised powerful character.

I liked the African stories which clearly are cousins of Uncle Remus's fables. The best ones of all are the profound The Big Wave, the Christological The Generous Bird and the comical The Contented Priest

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great collection of tales from around the world for young children! The writing style flows very well and is easy to read and to understand. My five year old son really enjoyed this.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the Sonlight homeschool books. I love it already and we have only read two stories. Great read-alouds tales!

[Kimberlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has so many fun, entertaining and not too long stories that are perfect to read at bedtime. Love it!!

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of stories and illustrations.

[Kerstin Olcott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a favorite from this sonlight curriculum list. The illustrations are beautiful, the stories are fun and my kids went crazy over the lion and the rabbit tales. This one is a keeper.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book for a collection of fairy/folk tales. The illustrations are bright and enjoyable. We really enjoy the Rabbit and Tiger stories. Really nice for bedtimes or other storytimes.

[Joyce Menyasz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely enchanting and fun. Great tales!