The Fish of Gold and other Finnish Folktales [Paperback]

Inkeri Vaananen-Jensen (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998 | ISBN-10: 0941016781 | ISBN-13: 978-0941016780

Hurry--limited supply left! 12 tales in all, from the collections of the Finnish Literature Society in Helsinki.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Finnish

Product Details

• Paperback: 126 pages
• Publisher: Penfield Pr (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941016781
• ISBN-13: 978-0941016780
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,849,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dozen Magical Tales, February 16, 2004

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R. Harju "rusa5" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fish of Gold and other Finnish Folktales (Paperback)

I bought this book as part of my search for my own Finnish roots and was delighted to read about the author's own studies which began when most people are nearing retirement. I'm looking forward to reading her autobiography at some point.

The folktales in this book are wonderful, some were familiar such as the title story and The Mouse Bride, others were new-at least to this folklore enthusiast. I purchased this book from Amazon about 3 1/2 years ago and read it to my sons. The stories were imaginative, enchanting and exciting enough to hold their attention, yet were not gruesome or very violent (Bettelheim's theories on how that might be good for young children aside). They loved the stories, as did I. Now that they are in 3rd and 4th grade they are rediscovering the stories and appreciate them more fully.

The illustrations on the book's covers, and at a few spots through out the book, are lovely and leave you wishing there were more. In true folk tale tradition few of the characters in the stories have names, but are `the emperor's daughter', `the merchant's son' or such. For the few that did have proper names, a pronunciation guide would have been helpful.