Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell (American Storytelling (Paperback)) Paperback – December 15, 2005

Pleasant DeSpain is now my favorite story teller. I just finished this book and ordered Sweet Land of Story - his book of 36 American tales - and plan to order another of his books once I've read that one to the Wheel Chair yogis at the nursing care center where I teach once a week. We do wheel chair yoga and afterward I tell them stories. We loved every single story in this book. That is rare. Usually I have to pre-read and mark the good ones because only about 1/2 are worth repeating. One book I ordered didn't even get past the pre-reading, I'm going to give it away. This is a terrific book!

I started reading these tales at bedtime to my 11 year-old son. We soon discovered that each is a gem. They are short (each just a couple of pages) but wonderfully engaging. I can't get away with just one story as my son demands at least 2 or 3. All of Pleasant DeSpain's anthologies are terrific, but this one is the best.

I have been telling many of these stories for years. I found the versions in this book helped me in my work as a storyteller.These stories all have great morals or reasons for telling them over and over again! This book will go into my resource section of my library.

A nice selection of stories from around the world.

Super

Excellent!!! Strongly recommend this book for all the family

Great Read

I have been using this great collection of stories in My San Francisco classroom for 5 years now. My classes are always composed of children from a wide variety of different cultures. It is so powerful to have one book that so many students can relate to. With stories from Japan, Africa, Guatemala, Russia and many others, children can usually find a story that represents their personal culture. These stories are excellent tools for opening the door to group discussions. These discussions present opportune times to discuss morals, cultural differences/similarities and human nature. It is obvious that Pleasant DeSpain is a master storyteller and writer because the stories are so easy to read aloud. I could not recommend these tales to tell more.