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mafeltz's review
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
I enjoyed the stories, but would have preferred them being grouped by culture/tradition, and in chronological order within each culture when there is a known order.
officialgrittynhl's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5
readingryan14's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
libraryjen's review
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
An interesting collection of folklore and myths from a lot of different Indigenous American cultures. I think I would have gotten more out of it had they been organized and grouped by culture, but instead they seem to be in completely random order. Some I was familiar with, others were brand new to me.
stuff4bd's review against another edition
3.75
A great way to explore myths and legends outside the common Greek ones. I would have preferred that the stories be grouped together for a better flow.
ljm1028's review
Stopped reading mostly because I was expecting longer stories but also because an animal died in one and I wasn't interested enough to get past it.
sandy_reads_books's review against another edition
I love so much that this book exists and especially that it exists in Spanish as well. I loved reading it and everything that this book is about. I love that it doesn’t acknowledge borders, choosing rather to refer to this collection of stories as a collection of stories from America and distinguishing only between different cultures. I love that this book includes stories from so many different cultures (with my one wish being that I wish this book was more balanced in terms of where geographically the stories come from with the emphasis being much heavier on Central and South America). I think a favorite of mine was definitely Lobo from the Inuit culture.
candelibri's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.5
I really enjoyed this - basically a collection of stories from a variety of cultures (Aztec, Mayan, and Nahua of Mexico, as well as a few Ojibwe, Blackfoot, and Hopi from North America and one Inuit from Alaska, I believe). The format was not organized by group but alphabetically by story so it was a bit jarring from an audiobook perspective, however an incredibly important work!
oliviastormyeadon's review
3.0
I wanted to love this book but I don’t think it translated well to an audiobook. I love history told in poems/short stories but this just didn’t do it for me.