The books selected do an outstanding job of encouraging close relationships with nature and promoting intercultural understanding in our world. Incredibly exquisite Indian art is blended with brief paragraphs of gentle, sensitively chosen words. Lingering on the last page, I remain in silent awe. A thought passes through my mind that many stories I have read focus on visible events. The drama, miracle and power of The Golden Goose King is that the plot lies in the purity of the inner soul.
Societies look for goodness and moral courage.
This book offers us the way towards the achievement of this longing. This Jataka Tale opens up with a gifted simplicity that can touch a child as well as speak to elders. Actions of thought, word and deed are created by the spirit dwelling within. I commend this book to you as a rare find. Skipping Stones magazine, which gives the awards, is well-known in the educational community, having won a prize in 1995 given by the Educational Press Association of America for excellence in educational journalism.