This is a very enjoyable introduction to Polynesian folktales, appropriate for both adults and children. The stories are drawn from different regions and are divided into sections on tricksters, creatures of earth and sea, life and death, and family. I also appreciate the list of sources at the end of the book, complete with links to digitized editions of the collections from which the stories were taken.

My one complaint is kind of nitpick-y: the stories were printed nearly verbatim from late 19th and early 20th century anthropological works and there is no consistency in how the authors used footnotes. It would have been nice if this collection had done some light editing so the footnotes were uniform.

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