But once she’s amassed a dowery, she realizes that Lars doesn’t love her, he just wants her money. Helga’s Dowry: A Troll Love Story by Tomie dePaolaĪ hardworking, clever troll named Helga earns her own dowery so that Lars will finally marry her, not Inge. The teams for the ball game are separated into animals and birds until Bat arrives which eventually helps the players learn to be more accepting of diversity. The Great Ball Game by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Joshua Pawis-Steckley
When people judge him for how he looks, he finds a creative and messy way to teach the villagers a valuable lesson. Nasruddin works all day in this vineyard and arrives at the governor’s celebration banquet in his work clothes. The Unwelcome Guest by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Mert Tugen Our clever beekeeper hero, Kamala, uses her wits to outsmart thieves in a very funny way! Folktales for KidsĪ Taste of Honey by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat However, the point of this post is not to define folktales so much as to share with you new folktales picture books for kids that recently impressed me. I think you’ll really like these titles. Plus, tall tales are considered folktales.įor now, we’ll just say that folktales are stories meant to teach something and they are orally passed down from generation to generation. One website I read said, “ Folktales include myths, legends, fables, animal tales and fairy tales.” Which makes it a bit confusing when trying to distinguish the difference between these different stories.
When researching folktales, I found that there is quite a bit of overlap with myths, fables, and legends. Sometimes folktales contain a wise life lesson at the end just like a fable does. Do your kids know about folktales? These are traditional narrative stories from a culture’s oral traditions meant to share values and/or explain something in the natural world or about human nature, often are about ordinary people, and can include talking animals like fables.
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