folklore and children

Teaches about foreign countries through nineteen folktales adapted for readers' theater, each including lessons and activities to promote understanding of different lands and cultures.

Indexes 210 folktale collections and 790 picture books by subject, tale title, geographic/ethnic origin, and tale motif, each with a detailed plot description and citations for collections including the tale; covering titles published between 1983 and 1999.

Presents an introduction to children's folklore in North America, looking at why children like traditions, and discussing lessons of the past, play, the development of social skills, rights and rebellion, coping with the adult world, and the link between generations.

A guide to using storytelling and folktales in character education that includes twelve stories that can be used in different lessons and additional sources of folktales that would be suitable for classroom use.

A resource guide to help in the selection and planning of folktale-related experiences for children in grades one through six, providing background on trickster and transformation tales; featuring activities and teaching plans for these stories; and including an extensive theme and topic chart, as well as an annotated bibliography.

Compilation of 204 traditional games played by children in 137 countries and cultures, with ideas and lesson plans for using the games in the classroom and library.