Stellaluna vs Thirty more famous stories retold: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Children's Books, Short Stories, Fiction
Stellaluna
“In a warm and sultry forest far, far away, there once lived a mother fruit bat and her new baby.”
Stellaluna is a 1993 children's book by Janell Cannon about a young fruit bat, Stellaluna, who becomes separated from her mother and finds her way to a nest of birds. She is adopted by them and learns bird-like…
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Thirty more famous stories retold
Presents thirty well-known stories involving such figures as Romulus and Remus, Christopher Columbus, Johann Gutenberg, King John, Hannibal, Balboa, Archimedes, Galileo, James Watt, Julius Caesar, Ulysses, and Penelope.
The verdict
- Readers rate Stellaluna highest: Stellaluna 4.3 · Thirty more famous stories retold 4.0.
- Stellaluna is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Thirty more famous stories retold.
- Stellaluna has the widest readership — 121473 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Stellaluna | Thirty more famous stories retold | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (121473) | 4.1 (41) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (72) | — |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (6) | — |
Reception
| Stellaluna | Thirty more famous stories retold | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 121473 | 41 |
| Editions | 48 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 23472 | 58 |
| Reading it now | 725 | 27 |
| Written reviews | 2023 | 3 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2820 | — |
| Pages | 48 | 239 |