This well produced small format anthology with occasional colour plates presents a selection of folktales that have migrated from their familiar European setting to take root in a Latin American creole culture and are transformed by the exotic detail, humour and exuberance of their re-tellings. In 'Ocelot, Jaguar and Lion' for example, Hansel and Gretel have their counterparts in two abandoned children, Pedro and Elena, but the ingredients of Grimm's tale are given a new twist involving wild animals with magical powers.