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Title: Thai Tales: Folktales of Thailand by Supaporn Vathanaprida, Margaret Read MacDonald ISBN: 1-56308-096-6 Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Pub. Date: 15 June, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Thai Tales
Comment: The myths in this book took place in the past in Thailand. They are about life, New Year, lying, humor, animals, jataka, which are stories about Buddha in his previous lives, tales that make you think, local legends, elaborate legends, and tales about helpful gods and spirits. The myths are easy to understand and relate to our present time, because the topics they describe still occur today.
In the back of the book there is a section titled The Place of Buddhism in Thai Life. The main Thai religion is Buddhism. It came to them from India.
The most memorable part of this book was in the myth about Lung Ta the woodcutter. The Thai people had found a new site for their place of worship. The only problem was that there was a large tree in the middle of the site. That was a job for Lung Ta the woodcutter. He climbed up this tall tree and started chopping its branches and then he fell. What happens when he falls is very surprising. While some of the myths were slower and more relaxing. I found that I preferred the fast and more action filled stories.
On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, I would give this book an 8. I think that it deserves that because it seemed targeted at children 9 to 13 but it was written more at a 3rd grade level. Most of the scenes were very brief. They just said that the character went to a place and did something. There then left. They don't describe what it was like when the person did these things. If I had been the author I would have made this book more complex. It was a little easy to read. I don't think that most children under the age of 8 would enjoy reading this book. They would not enjoy it because they wouldn't understand it, even though they could read the words.
I really liked that this book had different types of myths. It made reading it more exciting because there were a variety of points to be gotten across. Such as what story tellers had to do with lying. Story tellers often made up outrageous stories. In one of the myths the king actually set up a contest for who could make up the most outrageous story. The reward for the least truthfull story is to marry the princess.
The book helped me learn about Thai culture and beliefs. Earlier in this year I had read a book about Native American myths. It was interesting to see the differences between the two. I would recommend that people who would like to learn about other countries and their cultures read this book.
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Title: The Girl Who Wore Too Much: A Folktale from Thailand by Margaret Read MacDonald, Supaporn Vathanaprida, Yvonne Davis ISBN: 0874835038 Publisher: August House Little Folk Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Man Who Caught Fish by Walter Lyon Krudop ISBN: 0374347867 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 20 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Cows in the House by Beverly Lewis, Chi Chung ISBN: 0764220969 Publisher: Bethany House Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Mayan Folktales: Folklore from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala by James D. Sexton ISBN: 0826321046 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho, Holly Meade ISBN: 0531071669 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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