Title How to tell a folktale / Carol Alexander.

Publication Info.	New York, N.Y. : Crabtree Pub. Co., [2012]
	©2012

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Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department	J398.2 ALE	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J BOOKS & LITERATURE 808.803559 ALE	Check Shelf

Description	32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Series	Text styles
	Text styles.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
Note	"Guided reading: P"--P. [4] of cover.
Summary	This exciting title introduces readers to the folktale genre. Readers will learn that folktales are often passed down and retold from generation to generation. Writing activities help readers write their own folktales.
Contents	What is a folktale? -- "Paul Bunyan tames the Whistling River" -- Big characters in a tall tale -- Dialogue and dialect -- Setting: The place and time -- Plot: The basic outline -- Theme -- Creative responses to the folktale -- Explaining our world -- "How crow brought the daylight" -- Trickster characters -- Dialogue: Developing characters -- Setting: A long time ago -- More about plots -- More about theme -- Creative response to the folktale -- Writing a folktale.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 1.0 149130.
Subject	Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
	Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
	Storytelling -- Juvenile literature.
	Creative writing (Elementary education)
	Authorship.
	Storytelling.
	Creative writing.
	Folklore.
	Authorship.
	Folklore.
Added Title	Folktale
ISBN	9780778716310 reinforced library binding
	0778716317 reinforced library binding
	9780778716365 paperback alkaline paper
	0778716368 paperback alkaline paper
	9781427188113 (electronic pdf : alk. paper)
	1427188114 (electronic pdf : alk. paper)
	9781427196903 (electronic html : alk. paper)
	1427196907 (electronic html : alk. paper)

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