folk literature

A comprehensive guide to over three hundred classic folk and fairy tales retold in picture books for children, with annotations discussing settings, themes, and comparisons with the original.

Gives instructional strategies for using folk literature in elementary grades.

An annotated listing of 1,637 multicultural fiction, folklore, poetry, and song books suitable for use with children from preschool through sixth grade, each including bibliographic information, use level, cultural/regional designation, a summary, and subject headings. Organized alphabetically by author's surname.

Indexes 556 folktale collections and 389 picture books, by motif, tale title, subject, and ethnicity and geography in an attempt to provide brief descriptions of variants in juvenile folktales; covering titles published between 1960 and 1980.

Contains retellings of folktales from around the world, focusing on stories of people, and includes information on the cultural and historic backgrounds of the tales, as well as discussion of themes.