Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Tales of Laughter
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin · 2025
78/100
👍 Worth It
Wiggin's 1908 anthology earns its place by putting humor and delight first across a genuinely global sweep of folklore, from Scandinavian tricksters to Chinese animal tales. At 467 pages it is best used as a dip-in collection rather than a front-to-back read, and a handful of stories carry early 20th-century cultural attitudes worth a quick adult note. But the sheer variety and the public domain availability make it exceptional value.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing75
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check78
Penny’s verdict78
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