Happily Ever After

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Section One: Introducing the Folk Literature Genre

Chapter 1
Unraveling the Tapestry: An Overview of the Folk Literature Genre
Terrell A. Young   FREE!

Section Two: Exploring the Subgenres of Folk Literature

Chapter 2
The How and Why of Folk Tales
Anne Marie Kraus

Chapter 3
The Moral of the Story: Learning About Fables
Nancy J. Johnson, Angela Sorgatz Vroom

Chapter 4
Mythology: A Cosmic Theater
Sam L. Sebesta, Dianne L. Monson

Chapter 5
Legend Has It: What Legends Bring to Classroom Learning
Darcy H. Bradley

Chapter 6
Tall Tales: An American Folk Invention
Linda M. Pavonetti

Section Three: Sampling Folk Literature Across Cultures

Chapter 7
Folk Tales From the African Diaspora: The Power of the Oral Tradition
Deborah L. Thompson

Chapter 8
When Tigers Smoked Pipes: Asian Folk Literature
Belinda Y. Louie

Chapter 9
European Folk Tales and Their Value Today
Ellen A. Greever, John Warren Stewig

Chapter 10
Jewish Folk Tales: From Elijah the Prophet to the Wise Men of Chelm
Evelyn B. Freeman

Chapter 11
Exploring Latino Culture Through Folk Tales
Lynn Atkinson Smolen, Victoria Ortiz-Castro

Chapter 12
Open Sesame! Middle Eastern and Indian Subcontinent Folk Literature
Marcia Baghban

Chapter 13
Tribal Stories From Native America
Debbie A. Reese

Section Four: Celebrating Folk Literature in the Classroom

Chapter 14
Cinderella and Her Sisters: Variants and Versions
Ann Sloan, Sylvia M. Vardell

Chapter 15
Starting at the Roots: Collecting Folklore in the Home, School, and Community
Nancy L. Hadaway

Chapter 16
“I'll Be the Monster!” Folk Tales and Classroom Drama
Judy Sierra

Chapter 17
Transforming Fairy Tales to Inspire Young Authors
Laura Tuiaea

Chapter 18
Timeless and Timely Fairy Tales, Ideologies, and the Modern Classroom
Jane E. Kelley

Afterword
Susan Hepler

Author Index

Folk Literature Author Index

Subject Index