Introduction The aim of this paper is to review the book Folktales of India edited by Brenda E. F. Beck, Peter J. Claus, Praphulladatta Goswami, and Jawaharlal Handoo. The book was published by University of Chicago Press in Chicago in 1987. ISBN 0-226-04083-6. The book consists of 390 pages. Although the book was issued in 1985, the material presented in it will remain actual for a long time. The Purpose of the Book The purpose of Folktales of India is to present to the readers the amazing and multifarious world of the Indian folklore introducing the folktales collected in the different regions of India. The authors try to make us aware of the Indian culture and way of life because the folktales are one of the most important sources of knowledge about the life of people, their traditions and customs. Writing on this subject has helped the authors both to introduce the Indian culture and to present it in an interesting and captivating way. The book itself represents the collection of folktales from different parts of India. The intended audience of the book is the students of the Asian studies, professors, teachers, and anyone interested in the folklore of the foreign countries. The authors have logically divided the collected folktales into the separate groups united by the common theme. This makes the presentation coherent and provides clarity to the assuming plot and moral of the folktale. The General Impression about the Book I found the book rather interesting. Furthermore, I consider that it should be read not only for studying purposes but also for spending your free time with pleasure. For me, I found the book of high quality for its following features: interesting theme, topical and coherent presentation, the vast diversity of the folktales. In addition, the authors provided the Notes to the Tales as a separate chapter in which the additional information and details are given about each folktale. In particular, you can see by whom the tale was collected, when, where and who the translator was. For example, in the note to Love between Two Birds, we see that the tale was collected from Nagaland by Dulal Chaudhuri and J. T. P. Ao in the period of 1975-1977, and that the tale was translated by them (Beck et al., 1985). The Theme and Thesis of the Book, and the Method of Development The theme of Folktales of India is the Indian folklore. The thesis of the book is the folktales from different Indian regions, their plots, and general topics. The combination of methods of development was used by the authors. Due to the fact that Folktales of India is the collection of the folklore artifacts, the primary method of development which the authors applied can be referred to the narration. The description was used for the introduction to the tales. As regards the chapter Notes to Tales, it was written by using exposition which can be described as the presentation of facts. Evaluation of the Book Folktales of India by Brenda Beck & Peter Claus and Praphulladatta Goswami & Jawaharlal Handoo represent the invaluable source of knowledge about Indian folklore and culture. The translation of the 99 folktales allowed grouping them into the seven distinct groups depending on the general theme. The