Reviews for African folk medicine

The average rating for African folk medicine based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-20 00:00:00 James Boehlke A collection of seventeen classic fables from Aesop, this over-sized picture book was German artist's Gisela Dürr's first children's book, and was based upon her thesis project at university. The fables themselves (originally in German) were adapted by Werner Thuswaldner, who recently released a lovely book about the history of the Christmas carol, Silent Night. From the ubiquitous to the more obscure, this version of Aesop's Fables presents a range of tales that give an interesting introduction to an influential genre of folk literature. Here the reader will encounter old favorites, like The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, as well as unfamiliar selections such as A Dress for the Moon. I was somewhat surprised to see that Thuswaldner had omitted the concluding moral, that one usually finds in Aesop. As for the art, Dürr's pencil drawings were interesting, and quite expressive, but I wasn't entirely comfortable with the minimalist feeling of the book, with its many expanses of blank white page. Definitely not on the "favorites" list.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-02 00:00:00 Richard Butler How often in life these little fables come up and we forget their original (or semi-original) source. Thousands of years old... parables told over and over again, then written down. What do they really mean, you can ask yourself these questions over and over again and have a different answer each time. Take the "Tortoise and the Hare" as an example: Is it always true that slow and steady wins the race. Is that really what the story says? Could it be a broad theory that is subject to individual opinion based on the depth of the incident being cited? Is steady better than quick? Which is truly smarter? If nothing else, it serves as an educational baseline of sorts... a place to start... with morals and the question of "what if" with children's thirsty minds. But how many of us really know anything about Aesop? :) About Me For those new to me or my reviews... here's the scoop: I read A LOT. I write A LOT. And now I blog A LOT. First the book review goes on Goodreads, and then I send it on over to my WordPress blog at , where you'll also find TV & Film reviews, the revealing and introspective 365 Daily Challenge and lots of blogging about places I've visited all over the world. And you can find all my social media profiles to get the details on the who/what/when/where and my pictures. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Vote in the poll and ratings. Thanks for stopping by. Note: All written content is my original creation and copyrighted to me, but the graphics and images were linked from other sites and belong to them. Many thanks to their original creators.