Traditional Literature

Fables
Traditional Literature: Originated in the stories passed down orally throughout history. Includes folk tales, fairy tales, myths, fables, legends, and epics.
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL LITERATURE:


  • Fables always have talking animals in them.

  • Fables always end with a moral a few lines below the story in italics.

  • All fables are fantasy. (talking animals, remember?)

  • Each fable has a picture describing it next to it.

  • Fables can be funny.

  • Fables can be hard to understand because the author may write it a different way than you are used to.


Recommended Fables:




Fables by: Arnold Lobel
Personal favorite
Personal favorite

Aesop's Fables by: Jerry Pinkney
Very Entertaining
Very Entertaining



Other Recommended Traditional Literature Books:


The People could Fly: American Black Folktales
Guided Reading Book
Guided Reading Book

Click on this link to play a fun word search on fables I made:

http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/wordsearches/preview.aspx?puzzle-number=497704