5 BEST FABLES, MYTHS, AND FOLKTALES: You always tell us you love teaching folktales. With books like these, we can see why.Parch parch v. parched, parch·ing, parch·es v.tr. 1. To make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat: The midsummer sun parched the earth. Lies By Patricia McKissack. $18.95. In the spirit of stories her grandfather once told, McKissack spins her own memorable trickster tales, drawing on African-American legend. Ranging from the comic to the spooky, each story is the perfect length for an in-class read aloud. GRADES 3-8. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Go to Sleep, Gecko gecko (gĕk`ō), small or medium-sized lizard of the family Gekkonidae. The more than 300 species are distributed throughout the warm regions of the world, mostly in the Old World. Despite folklore to the contrary, their bite is not poisonous. ! Retold re·told v. Past tense and past participle of retell. by Margaret Red MacDonald, illustrated by Geraldo Valerio. $16.95. There are some things we just have to put up with. That's the lesson learned in this Balinese folktale folktale, general term for any of numerous varieties of traditional narrative. The telling of stories appears to be a cultural universal, common to primitive and complex societies alike. , wonderfully retold here. Gecko can't sleep because of fireflies. But when he complains to Elephant, he finds out the bugs belong to a complex chain of life--of which he is a part. GRADES K-3. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pandora's Box Pandora’s box contained all evils; opened up, evils escape to afflict world. [Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 799] See : Evil By Jean Marzollo. $12.99. A simple story line, pronunciation guides, and comic asides make Marzollo's retold myths stand out, and this is no exception. Children will identify with Prometheus's mischievousness and Pandora's curiosity. Don't miss the wise-cracks in the borders of each page! GRADES 1-6. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Silver Donkey By Sonya Hartnett Sonya Hartnett (born 23 February 1968[1] in Box Hill, Melbourne) is an Australian author. Sonya Hartnett writes fiction variously for children, young adults and adults and has won numerous prizes and awards, having been described as "the finest Australian writer , illustrated by Don Powers. $15.99. This World War I story of two girls who find a wounded soldier with a treasured keepsake--a small silver donkey--is a new fable that already feels like a classic. GRADES 3-6. Three Little Cajun Pigs By Mike Artell, illustrated by Jim Harris. $16.99. From the author of Petite Rouge comes a new Cajun-flavored folktale--this one starring three little oinkers rechristened as Trosclair, Thibodeaux, and Ulysse. There's a new villian in a gator, too. GRADES 1-3. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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