If any of the countries of the grea Amazon basin are in the curriculum of your school, then this is a fascinating collection of folktales that can be used to build authenticity into the study of the region. Galeano collected these tales personally and combined similar versions into a retelling and then in translation to English. After each tale, the author gives a bit of background of variants. These tales are very different than the Eurocentral ones kids and teens have heard, so it is a fresh new experience to hear them and then retell them on wikis, blogs, podcasts or any other creative writing, reading, or theatrical presentation we wish to create. These are as close to authentic as it gets.