TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

FOLKTALES

• Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast
• Red Riding Hood
• Sleeping Beauty
• Rumplestiltskin
• Hansel and Gretel and the Three Little Pigs

CHARACTERISTICS

• Based on oral tradition
• Anytime and anyplace
• Common ending
• Often magical
• Typically evil is defeated

FABLES

• Tortoise and Hare
• Lion and the Mouse
• Town Mouse and Country Mouse
• Fox and Grapes
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

CHARACTERISTICS

• Have a moral
• Meant to entertain
• Brief poetic tales
• Animal characteristics
• Poke fun of human characteristics

MYTHS

• Found in most cultures
• Used to explain the world
• Used to explain creation and people
• Sacred or religious beliefs
• Main characters are animals, humans, or deities

LEGENDS

• Beowulf
• Robin Hood
• King Arthur

CHARACTERISTICS

• May be based on a person or event of historical significance
• More secular then regilious
• Principle characters are human

NURSERY RHYMES

• Jack And Jill
• Hey Diddle, Diddle
• Peter Piper
• Three Blind Mice
• Ring Around the Rosie

CHARACTERISTICS

• Rhyme, rhythm, repetition, humor, alliteration, exaggeration
• Humorous stories that rhyme
• Told to young children
• Nonsense verse

TALL TALES

• Johnny Appleseed
• Paul Bunyan
• Dave Crockett
• Pecos Bill
• Daniel Boone

CHARACTERISTICS

• American Tales
• Exaggerated claims reflecting hardships of settlers
• Reflect frontier idealism
• Fictional heroes and heroines based upon real people

"THE BABOONS UMBRELLA"