Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
ROUMANIAN FAIRY TALES
Anon E. Mouse · 2018
62/100
👎 Skip It
The underlying 1881 E. B. Mawr collection is a genuine and rare window into Romanian folk tradition, and that's a real draw for families exploring world folklore beyond Grimm and Andersen. The problem is the 2018 Abela repackaging adds nothing — no introduction, no editorial notes, just a public-domain text dressed up under a marketing pseudonym. Readers are better off finding the collection through Project Gutenberg for free.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety82
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing55
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy68
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit70
👁 Human-eye gut-check58
Penny’s verdict62
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