Happily ever after
Subtitle: sharing folk literature with elementary and middle school students
By: Terrell A. Young, editor.
Contributors: Young, Terrell A.
Publisher: International Reading Association
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Newark, DE
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780872075108
Subjects: Folk literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States; Folk literature -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Multicultural education -- Activity programs -- United States
Notes: Gift of Nancy Johnson September, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Unraveling the tapestry: an overview of the folk literature genre -- Terrell A. Young -- The; title: how and why of folk tales and fairy tales -- Anne Marie Kraus -- The; title: moral of the story : learning about fables -- Nancy J. Johnson, -- Angela Sorgatz Vroom; title: Mythology's theatre of the world -- Sam L. Sebesta, -- Dianne L. Monson; title: Legend has it : what legends bring to classroom learning -- Darcy H. Bradley; title: Tall tales : an American folk invention -- Linda M. Pavonetti; title: Folk tales from the African diaspora : the power of the oral tradition -- Deborah L. Thompson; title: When tigers smoked pipes : Asian folk literature -- Belinda Y. Louie; title: European folk tales and their value today -- Ellen A. Greever, -- John Warren Stewig; title: Jewish folk tales : from Elijah the prophet to The wise men of Chelm -- Evelyn B. Freeman; title: Exploring Latino culture through folk tales -- Lynn Atkinson Smolen, -- Victoria Ortiz-Castro; title: Open sesame! : Middle Eastern and Indian subcontinent folk literature -- Marcia Baghban; title: Tribal stories from native America -- Debbie A. Reese; title: Cinderella and her sisters : variants and versions -- Ann Sloan, -- Sylvia M. Vardell; title: Starting at the roots : collecting folklore in the home, school, and community -- Nancy L. Hadaway; title: "I'll be the monster!" : folk tales and classroom drama -- Judy Sierra; title: Fairy tale transformations -- Laura Tuiaea; title: Are fairy tales timeless or timely?-- Jane E. Kelley.