The Golden Goose King
A Tale Told by the Buddha
Retold and Illustrated by Judith Ernst
Forward by Carl Ernst
Hardbound, $20

      The Golden Goose King is one of the Jataka Tales, over 500 stories told by the Buddha to his disciples. It is retold here with fidelity to its earliest versions, preserving its essentially Buddhist flavor, and illustrated with meticulously finished gouache paintings based on early Buddhist painting and sculpture in India. While it is a story beautiful in its simplicity and therefore quite appropriate for children, it has not been specifically adapted for a juvenile market. Instead, the book conveys, both with its text and its glowing paintings, the original charm and depth of this Jataka tale. It is a book to be enjoyed by people of all ages.