Reviews for The dancer

The average rating for The dancer based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-20 00:00:00 Roy Barquet The Crystal Pool: Myths and Legends of the World by author Geraldine McCaughrean is a collection of folklore from many different countries. There are about thirty stories in the book from almost as many countries. Each story takes from two to four pages and all have illustrations. The illustrations were not bad but they were nothing spectacular either. They were mostly around a third of a page, in color and clearly done. They all looked the same though and did not have any flavor of the places the stories came from. Some of the stories like The Pied Piper and also Isis and Osiris. Some were completely new but others had a hint of familiarity as if I have heard either a similar story or the same story a long time ago. I dislike the use of the word myth because some of these stories are stories from the religious beliefs of people and myth invokes ideas that you are reading fiction and not religious stories. I cannot see the bible ever being called a book of myths. This would be great for story time seeing that it is divided into so many parts. If used in classrooms teachers must be aware of the different cultures of their students as to not insult or degrade their culture, family or religion. The book will certainly draw together many cultures because I am sure seeing that all stories can be so connected the children will sense some familiarity with these.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-08-24 00:00:00 Jay Nichols A combination of historical fact and cultural myth, neither done in depth. Interior art comperable to that found in a High School art fair. Overall: not impressed.