International in scope, this set offers four volumes that each focus on folktales from a broad geographic region: Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and Oceania; Asia; Europe; and North and South America....Including classics like Cinderella, Hansel and Grete, and Jack, the Giant-Killer, this collection entertains while providing insight into the...Read More

A set preface, volume introductions, and headnotes (brief ethnographic, historical, comparative, or stylistic points) for each tale immensely increase the Library's usefulness. The editor has tried to avoid Western-centric bias, especially in categorizing (tales are grouped by culture or geopolitical divisions)....[T]here is a good blend of subgenres, of the familiar...Read More

This valuable collection of folktales provides an engaging introduction to cultural themes and stories from around the globe....A comprehensive index at the end of each volume allows readers to compare stories that have similar motifs (such as the trickster figure) across countries, regions, and time periods, this index is one...Read More

[A]n excellent tool for teaching the use of one of the world's most ubiquitous literary art forms. This collection is suitable for audiences in high school, public and academic libraries.