Book Review: A Book of Dwarfs

Written by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques, A Book of Dwarfs is a collection of tales about dwarfs and tiny people from over half-a-dozen different countries. It is a children's book and many of the stories promote hard work and kindness (for those are the type of people these dwarfs tend to reward). In almost all of these stories, the dwarfs are good creatures who use their magical abilities to bless good people who may be poor or have had bad circumstances fall upon them. Among these tales are "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "The Cobbler and the Dwarfs," and "The Story of Maia" (probably more well known as Thumbelina). Overall, these stories were very fun to read. In most of these stories, the moral is that if you treat a dwarf well, he will reward you with his riches and magic, but if you anger a dwarf, he will play mean tricks on you. (While writing this review, I had constantly correct myself to write "dwarfs" instead of "dwarves.")