Review: Well done, but overall I fear this book will have little appeal... 3 1/2 Stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
"Children's Stories with a Moral" is a short book by author Sergey Nikolov: it is intended for children age 6 to 10.This Kindle e-book was approximately 15 printed pages with colored illustrations  and was free at the time of writing this review.There are two stories in this little work.1.) The Legend of the Black Sea2.) MommySome thoughts on "Children's Stories with a Moral"...1.) as the title and information on the front cover indicated, these two short tales were meant to teach the younger child an important life lesson.2.) however, I had some concerns with these tales as interpreted from an adult viewpoint. I somehow envisioned any child from a western-orientated society struggling to understand some of the images and ideas put forth in these two tales,  and this was mainly because these tales had a definitive Eastern European influence. Now there's nothing wrong with a tale of Eastern European heritage, it's just that the imagery and dialogue used seemed somewhat unusual and 'foreign' to me. I had the impression that any western child I might read this to, could become easily lost or confused by what was happening within these pages. I don't have children in this age group to try this story out on, so these thoughts are simple speculation on my part.3.) illustrations... while vivid in their imagery, I wonder if the child in the intended age group would be captivated by these illustrations, or simply become disinterested.Impressions:Two moralistic children's stories.Unfortunately fables have become lost upon the majority of the computer affected intellects of today's younger western child... hopefully things have not deteriorated to the same extent in the author's area of the world. It's a shame really, given the obvious amount of time and effort put forth by the author in the process of producing this work, but I somehow just can't image these short works captivating the imagination of many of western parents who would then read it to their child. And as far as an advanced child reading this work on his/her own... I can't see either of these two stories having much appeal at all.A difficult book to rate... easy to love on one hand, but just as easy to feel like it somehow missed its intended goal... and this mainly because of cultural differences.Trying to review and rate it from a western-culture viewing perspective... 3 1/2 Stars.Ray Nicholsonraynicholsonsreviews@hotmail.com@ralannicholson