Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Mr. Bunny's Carrot Soup

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "Mr. Bunny's Carrot Soup". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Little Red Hen

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Little Red Hen". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Little Rooster

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Little Rooster". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Chicken Little

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "Chicken Little". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Turnip

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an interactive ebook of the folk tale "The Turnip". Children can choose to read the book independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: Arkansas Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Arkansas.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: Delaware Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Delaware.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: South Dakota Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of South Dakota.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: Ohio Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Ohio.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: North Dakota Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of North Dakota.
Primary
S.E. Schlosser

American Folklore: Nebraska Folklore

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Nebraska.
Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1974 to commemorate Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". With a short passage on the details of this eloquent folktale.
Website
Other

Story Library: Stories in a Nutshell

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site provides a collection of concise folktale plots for student retelling. Teachers can also view and use the links that contain online lesson plans and activities.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Three Wishes

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
Handout
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group

China Internet Information Center: Mid Autumn Festival

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the Mid-Autumn Festival, an annual Chinese harvest festival. The article describes how the Chinese celebrate the festival and retells the folktale, "Chang E Flees to the Moon," that points to the festival's origin.
Website
Sacred Text Archive

Internet Sacred Text Archive: Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria Index

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
There are forty "Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria" listed for your reading pleasure. Stories range from "The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter" to "Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky".
Primary
Other

Clarity Connect: African Folktales

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.
Website
Other

India parenting.com: Children's Stories and Legends

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read popular Indian fables, Jakata tales, Birbal and other stories or learn about famous Indian people like Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Ashoka the Great, or Mother Teresa. Also includes a collection of classic western fables and fairy...
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Tall Tales, Folk Tales, and Fables Review

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
This is a review of 3 stories, then placing the attributes with the correct genre. Although others may not read the exact story, you could just replace the picture with another picture that represents the story you read.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Louis Rhead's Bold Robin Hood And His Outlaw Band has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Website
American Indian Heritage Foundation

Indians.org: Navajo (Dine) Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief narrative of Navajo history and culture accompanied with links to many traditional Navajo legends. Contains the full text of the Navajo "Wind Prayer" and traditional Indian art.
Website
American Indian Heritage Foundation

Indians.org: Pawnee Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief background information about the history and culture of the Pawnee. Includes the text of a Pawnee prayer. This site links to specific Pawnee stories and to other information on the Pawnee Tribe and authors.
Website
Other

Legends

For Students 3rd - 8th
Looking for fun and entertaining legends to read to your students? Try this site and explore the easy to read online stories. `
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Folk Tales [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief organizer in which students can list examples from their current reading selection which represent elements from the folk tale, such as the supernatural, good over evil, and moral lessons.

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