Yoshi Yoshitani has done an amazing job in how she handled the tales from around the world and the illustrations she has made for her book are excellent. The stories are delivered in a compact yet elegant format. It ranges from the Arabic folktale of Shahrazad to the Norse myth of the binding of the wolf Fenris. She even included the U.S. folktale of John Henry. I was surprised that she did not include Paul Bunyan but it was clear that there were more tales that Ms. Yoshitanti could have included from around the world that had to leave out for the sake of brevity.
Each tale was treated with respect and a loving hand of someone who delights in stories. The artwork was fantastic and incorporated imagery from the tarot, for Ms. Yoshitanti has made a tarot deck and accompanying guide book to go with this text. (I collect tarot decks. This book and the deck were a birthday present a few weeks ago.) I rate this book 8/10. The only drawback this book really has is the myths are short form and a lot of the interesting detail of the long form myth is not included.
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