Tom Thumb

eminently useful for professional, storytelling, and comparative folklore collections

Booklist

Definitely an asset to multicultural literature and make the comprehension of other cultures that much more accessible.

Multicultural Education, Fall 1995

MacDonald offers many suggestions for increasing the joy of storytelling and reducing the stress the beginning teller often encounters

School Library Journal

Another excellent addition to a series which has maintained a high professional quality for students of comparative folklore, storytellers, teachers, and librarians.

Come-All-Ye, Spring 1994

Because it gathers in one place stories along a certain theme that are multicultural, this volume would enrich nearly any children's literature reference collection.

Reference Book Review, Vol 16, no. 2

MacDonald's book tales storytelling one step farther by involving the listener, thus making a storytelling a shared experience. ...and effective and essential teaching tool that can be used to address cultural diversity.

Emergency Librarian, March-APril1994

This book reads well, the stories are interesting, and the research and suggestions for presenters are right on the mark.

Territorial Tattler, Winter 1994

Eminently useful for professional, storytelling, and comparative folklore collections.

Booklist, July 1993