Throughout history people have told stories about heroes and
adding unbelievable elements, as if they could be true are even factual. Some
stories you here are exaggerated of actual events making those tall tales. And
some stories are actually fictional tales. You may hear tales about American
frontier, or the Industrial Revolution and even the European countryside making
most of these tall tales. You will notice that they are good –natured and funny.
Many of these stories have been passed down through generation after generation
you probably heard them threw folktales, fairy tales, and tall tales. Myths or legends
story telling helps teach children important lesson along with moral values
many of these stories have survived over centuries and are still able to
influence are children today. If you enjoy listen to enjoyable tales, silly
tales and stories suitable to read to your children at bed time follow these
links below.
For those of you who love fairy tales and there undying magic
theme you will enjoy the stories on the links below.
- Animated Anderson Fairy Tales- http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
- Animated GrimmFairy Tales-http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Text- http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
- A Complete Library of Children Books online: The Rosetta Project http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library-complete_index.htm
- Fairy Tales Page - http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/ftales.htm
If you enjoy a tall tale, you will enjoy these links.
- Tall Tales- http://www.42explore.com/talltale.htm
- Animated Tall Tales - http://www.animatedtalltales.com/
- American Folklore Tall Tales - http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/tall-tales/
- Tall Tales Teacher Tube - http://www.teachertube.com/video/tall-tales-14148
- http://www.upcolorado.com/our-books/our-authors/item/2628-sharon-panik Tall Tales
Aesop Fables if you like stories about animals with human characteristics you will enjoy these links
- The classic Aesop's fables - http://www.taleswithmorals.com/
- The Audio Version of Aesop Fables - http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/35/aesops-fables/
- Aesop Fables Index - http://www.mcwdn.org/fables/aesop.html
- 82 Aesop Fables - http://www.mcwdn.org/fables/aesop.html
Additional stories from around the world
- 19th century German Stories - http://germanstories.vcu.edu/
- Blue Fairy Book -http://web.archive.org/web/20080907033813/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/LanBlue.html
- Native American Lore - http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
- Welsh Fairy tales and Folklore - http://zeluna.net/welsh-fairytales.html
- English Fairy tales - http://www.worldoftales.com/English_fairy_tales.html
- Sixty Folk- Tales Exclusively Slavonic source - http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/index.htm
- All Folk Tales - http://www.allfolktales.com/folktales.php
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