Folklore

Folklore - stories passed down by word of mouth; myths, legends. Using folklore is a great way to incorporate multiculturalism into your classroom, as well as geography.

All books shared that are available in the UD Curriculum Library - Myers Library 2nd Floor - FYI - they can be found in both picture books AND in the non-fiction section under folktales - 390's.

Collections: Keepers of the Earth - Michael Caduto & Joseph Bruchac Humpty Who? A Crash Course in 80 Nursery Rhymes - Jennifer Griffin Her Stories - African-American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales - Virginia Hamilton The Random House Book of Mother Goose - Arnold Lobel Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose - Tomie dePaola The Real Mother Goose

Fairy Tales The Girl Who Spun Gold - Virginia Hamilton (African) The Story of Little Red Riding Hood - The Brothers Grimm Glass Slipper, Gold Slipper, a worldwide Cinderella - Paul Fleischman Mary Had a Little Lamb - Sarah Josepha Hale The Emperor's New Clothes - Demi (China) Many Moons - James Thurber The Talking Eggs - Robert D. San Souci (American South) Mufaro's Beautiful Daughers - John Steptoe (African) Hush, Little Baby - Marla Frazee The Egyptian Cinderella - Shirley Climo (Egypt) Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Jan Brett Chicken Little - Sally Hobson Cinderella - Charles Perrault Hansel and Gretel - Rachel Isadora Hansel and Gretel - the Brothers Grimm - illustrated by Susan Jeffers Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - the Brothers Grim - Randall Jarrell Little Red Riding Hood - Jerry Pinkney Lon Po Po - Ed Young (China) Cendrillon - Robert D. San Souci (Caribbean) The Three Little Pigs - Barry Moser Puss in Boots - Charles Perrault

Cumulative Tales (stories that build on the previous lines) The World that Jack Built - Ruth Brown The Pot that Juan Built - Nancy Andrews-Goebel (Mexico) The Napping House - Audrey Wood Joseph had a little overcoat - Simms Taback

Pourquoi Tales (why did something happen?) How the Amazon Queen fought the Prince of Egypt - Tamara Bower Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears - Verna Aardema (West Africa)

Talking Beast Tales The Great Ball Game - A Muskogee Story - Joseph Bruchac (Native American) La Cucaracha Martina - Daniel Moreton (Caribbean) The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Paul Galdone The Musicians of Bremen - Jane Yolen (Germany)

Religious Stories The Nativitiy - Laurie Knowlton The White Nights of Ramadan - Maha Addasi For Everything there is a Season - Leo & Diane Dillon Noah's Ark - Jerry Pinkney

Epics & Legends Buffalo Dance - A Blackfoot Legend - retold by Nancy Van Laan (Native American) The First Strawberries - A Cherokee Story - retold by Joseph Bruchac (Native American) Golem - David Wisniewski (Russia) The Boy Who Held Back the Sea - Thomas Locker (Dutch) The Legend of the Poinsettia - Tomie de Paola (Mexico) The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush - Tomie de Paola The Legend of the Bluebonnet - Tomie de Paola

Mythology The People Could Fly - Virginia Hamilton (African) Wings - Jane Yolen

Fables Old Turtle - Douglas Wood Leopold, the Liar of Leipzig - Francine Prose Fables - Arnold Lobel The Rabbit & The Turtle - Aesop's Fable illustrated by Eric Carle The Best of Aesop's Fables - Margaret Clark

Tall Tales Dust Devil - Anne Isaacs Mrs. McCool and the Giant Cuhullin - Jessica Souhami (Ireland) The Five Chinese Brothers - Claire Huchet Bishop (China)

Realistic Tales Crazy Horse's Vision - Joseph Bruchac

Trickster Tales (Hero is "tricked" by the villian) Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit - Joel Chandler Harris A Ring of Tricksters - Virginia Hamilton

Noodlehead or Numbskull Tales (Hero is not intelligent) Cuckoo - Lois Ehlert (Mexican)

Parody Folk Tales The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon - Mini Grey The Three Snow Bears - Jan Brett (Based on Goldilocks & the Three Bears) The Bunyans - Audrey Wood Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter - Diane Stanley Goldie and the Three Bears- Diane Stanley Monster Goose - Judy Sierra The Frog Prince Continued - Jon Scieszka The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales - Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith Grandma Chickenlegs - Geraldine McCaughrean Henny Penny - Jane Wattenberg The Flying Witch - Jane Yolen (Russian) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - Jon Scieszka