This is a wonderful collection of classic stories -- ranging from Pegasus to Ali Baba and the 40 thieves to the Oriental tale: the Crocodile and the Monkey. My daughter, eight, was thoroughly enchanted and even my son, 11, enjoyed reading the book. Stories for Eight-Year-Olds will indeed charm and fascinate both your eight-year old as well as any younger or older readers in the family, too. I look forward to buying the next volume edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin, Stories for Nine-Year-Olds.

I thought my four year old daughter would be much too advanced for this book, but found it to be very age appropriate, well written, and entertaining for both me and my daughter (even after reading it sixteen times!). Well done. A birthday is coming; I will progress to the next book in the set.

Very good version of the Emperor's New Clothes. Lively, interesting, somewhat "old fashioned" vocabulary. Too difficult for easy-reading for our seven year olds, but they loved to hear the stories aloud.

The title sounds trite, but its true. My six year-old daughter was completely enthralled with the stories. Many of them are familiar fairy tales, others are not. All are written with a 6 year old in mind. We bring this book on airplanes, on vacations, to appointments to read while we wait. Other ages enjoy it, but 6 year olds love it.