The Spirits in the Leather Bag from Trickster tales

Retold by Richard Walker
Published in 1998

   This includes numerous tales. The one I am going to focus on is one I really liked called The Spirits of the Leather Bag. This story is of a selfish prince. Since he was young he had an old servant tell him magnificent stories every night, when asked to retell them though the prince did  not want to share. After each story was told the spirit of that story was put in a bag kept by the prince. Of course after many years the bag became crowded and the spirits became angry. The seek a most awful revenge, but will they succeed? It is a tale of a faithful servant and how stories need to be retold and shared to everyone.
    I really liked this book because I had never heard of many of these tales. Also each one came with some sort of lesson learned by the main character, which then enlightens the reader as well. The vocabulary is not dumbed down and is for a wide range of readers. The pictures also help depict the story and events going on. They are very detailed and colorful and add life to each page. Also I liked how the faces of the animals or people were not simple at all. You could tell by looking at them what emotion was being portrayed.