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Reading Notes Week 11 - Jataka Tales

After reading Part A at first, I couldn't see myself retelling any of the stories, but I went back and spent a little more time reading them and I enjoyed the Rose-Bud story where the four princes saw the same tree just at different times, but none of them ever thought it was pretty. It would be interesting to change it from a tree to maybe a garden or something else and the people who go look at it don't think it's worth anything except the last person who sees it fully grown and it's potential.


More Jataka Tales


Title: More Jataka Tales
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Illustrator: Ellsworth Young
Year: 1922

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  1. Laura GibbsOctober 30, 2017 at 9:40 AM

    Hi Chelsee, just a quick note: if you are not liking the Babbitt book, then pick a different collection of jataka tales to work with, or switch to Krishna! There are lots to choose from.

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