Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center's
traditional literature page. You will find information on folktales,
mythology and other forms of traditional literature here. You can
search the ISLMC pages. Please feel free to
browse.
[General Sites] [Lesson Plans]
[Forms of Traditional Literature]
[Mythology]
[Tall Tales]
[Bibliographies]
[Online E-Texts]
[Native American]
General
Sites
The
American Folklore Society
What is folklore? Teaching folklore, bibliographies
Helping
Your Child Choose Heroes through Their Reading
Opinion piece
by Adam Starchild.
Storytelling
Links
at this site
Traditional
Literature
Page from Kay Vandergrift; also Fairy
Tales and Snow
White.
Fairy
Tales, Fables and Myths, A Folklore Pathfinder
pdf file; a collection of links from School-Library.org
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Lesson Plans
See Traditional Literature Lesson Plans
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Forms of Traditional
Literature
Forms of Traditional
Literature
An
introduction to the forms and values of Mother Goose [nursery
rhymes], folktales, myths, fables,
epics, proverbs and related links.
Folktales, Myths, Legends and
Fables
By Charity Mays. Discussion of the forms.
Exploring
Stories of Origins
pdf file; audio of online stories; forms of traditional
literature; other resources;
from Genesis Missionn. California
Institute of Technology
ISLMC Mythology Page
Folktales
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Mythology
Myth
Writing with Jane Yolen
From Scholastic
ISLMC Greek Mythology Page
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Tall Tales
ISLMC Tall Tales
Page
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Bibliographies
Multicultural Bibliography
Bibliography
of media for young children of folktales
from
around the world. Professional references.
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Online E-texts
Bayard
Taylor. Beauty
and the Beast
Fairy
Tales
E-texts of many favorites. From University of Maryland
Brewer's
The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Online text of Brewer's classic 1894 edition.
Aesop's Fables
655+ fables; Aesop, La Fontaine, Bierce; Hans Christian
Andersen
fairy tales; timelines.
Aesops's Fables
E-texts from the Internet Classics Archive
Andrew
Lang
E-texts of his books, including Angling Sketches; The
Arabian Nights,
Blue Fairy Tale Book, etc. Project Gutenberg
Andrew
Lang. Blue Fairy Book
E-text from University of Virginia
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894)
Cinderella
Project
Text and image archive of dozens of English versions;
from
University of Southern Mississippi
Little Red
Riding Hood Project
Text and image archive of 16 versions of the tale;
from
University of Southern Mississippi
Jack and the
Beanstalk / Jack the Giant-Killer Project
Text and image archive of several versions of the tale;
from University of Southern Mississippi
Folklore and
Mythology Electronic Texts
Author
Online!
Stories from Aaron Shepard.
Online Electronic Folklore Texts
Russian
Folktales
Collection of folktales, including "Nikita," "Sleeping
Beauty"
"Snow Maiden," "The Golden-Haired Girl," "The Frog
Prince";
site has "pop-ups"
Tales
of
Wonder
Online tales from Africa, Central Asia, Central Europe,
China,
England, India, Ireland, Japan, Middle East, Native America,
Russia,
Scandinavia, Scotland, Siberia; from Richard Darsie's
page
Snow
White
From Kay Vandergrift. Online e-texts.
Popular Songs in
American
History
Includes folksongs
Folktale Links
Many sites include e-texts; from Kendall Dunkelberg
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Native American
Native
American Lore Index
Etexts of online traditional stories. Teachers please
read
since I have not reviewed all the stories.
Camping with
the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Photo gallery, Folktales,
learn more; from Smithsonian; [I have not previewed all the
stories]
Topanga
Online
Resources on Chumas Indians, including a traditional
story,
A Gabrielino children's Story about Earthquakes
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Like our
witch? Visit J. Hudson's animation site.
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