Good stories

I found a book of a collection of stories that might have given Shakespeare some ideas for his plays. It's called Shakespeare's Storybook: Folk Tales that Inspired the Bard Retold by Patrick Ryan. I really enjoyed this book because it gives background on the stories and a brief summary of the plays that are based off of them, and it gives insight into the plays/stories as well on a level that children can understand. Another reason I like it so much is that it has a storyteller perspective on all of the plays and stories. In the introduction it reads:

A storyteller knows that a good story is worth telling more than once. And any storyteller can tell you that each time a tale is told, it may be a little different and a little better than it was before.

I really agree with that.
Wish I could write more, but I need to get going.