A book to linger over and read together - this is a beautifully illustrated book, including retellings of 50 nature myths and legends from around the world. This would make a wonderful gift for young nature lovers - read around the world, exploring folktales and stories about our connection to nature.

Great book with gorgeous illustrations and a wonderful collection of stories.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

This is a great anthology of nature-themed short stories. They vary in length from one page to four, and some are more engaging than others. But there are a few absolute gems, and all are gorgeously illustrated.

Great resource for forest school and global folklore.
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What a fabulous collection this is!!! 😍 😍 😍 Full of imagination and rich with folklore.

The book contains 50 stories all themed around nature. But don’t assume that these would be the typical stories about trees and flowers and importance of greenery. On the contrary, the stories are quite varied and most of them contain at least some element of magic, which is not surprising considering that the stories are from folktales and legends. They are grouped together in terms of the element of nature they focus on. Thus we have sections named “Flowers, Fruit and Seed”, “Wind and Weather”, “Creatures Great and Small”, “Sun, Moon and Stars”, “Lake, River and Ocean”, and so on. Almost every single one of the stories was new to me, and all of them were excellent.

The tales come from all over the world. While many books make this claim, this book actually delivers on the promise. Every single human-populated continent (Sorry, Antarctica!) is represented in the book, and the countries are as varied as Estonia and Iraq, Peru and Korea. It’s so good to see such diverse countries represented in this anthology.

I have read only one other anthology by this author before and that had surprised me by being so soothing on the soul. Now that this book matched up to the same high standards, I must say that I have turned into a huge fan of Angela McAllister and will try to grab everything she writes.

5 happy stars. Not to be read in one go but savoured slowly to maximise the impact.


My thanks to Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley for the DRC of “A World Full of Nature Stories: 50 Folktales and Legends”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.

sadly i didn't really enjoy this book too much. I loved the idea, different folk tales from around the world with a nature theme. And the illustrations were gorgeous! however, i just found the retellings a bit dull. they were simplified for young children to understand, which is completely fine, but I just felt they had no depth or any real 'life' to the stories or characters. I found after a while my attention waned and i just wanted to stop reading.
I really hate giving bad reviews, but I do also want to be honest. So this one just wasn't for me.

This is a lovely book and one I would love to have in hard copy for my bookshelf. The stories are short and child friendly and very easy to read one each evening. Each story has a beautiful picture and is centred around nature. I'm currently teaching my children to love nature more so this book is making for some lovely bedtime stories. I love that the region of where the story comes from is clearly labelled.