Print and Electronic Resources for
Folktales:
Cinderella:
Ashpet: an Appalachian Tale, retold by Joanne Compton.
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, as told by Marianna Mayer.
Chinye: a West African Folk Tale, retold by Obi Onyefulu
Cinderella, or, The Little Glass Slipper, a free translation from the French of Charles Perrault. (Caldecott medal winner)
Cinderella, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. (From the Charles Perrault version;illustrations set in the 1920's)
The Egyptian Cinderella, by Shirley Climo.
The Korean Cinderella, by Shirley Climo.
Little Firefly: an Algonquin Legend, written and adapted by Terri Cohlene.
Moss Gown, by William D. Hooks. (Southern U.S.)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, by John Steptoe. (Zimbabwe)
The Rough-Face Girl, by Rafe Martin. (Algonquin Native American)
Sidney Rella and the Glass Sneaker, by Bernice Myers.
Sootface: an Ojibwa Cinderella Story, retold by Robert D. San Souci.
The Talking Eggs: a Flocculate from the American South, by Robert San Souci.
Tattercoats: an Old English Tale, by Flora Annie Steel.
Yeh-Shen, a Cinderella Tale from China, by Ai-Ling Louie.
Selected from a longer list at: http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Cind.%20%26%20Yeh.%20Biblio.html
Electronic versions of traditional Cinderella tales: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html
The Three Little Pigs:
The Three Little Pigs, by James Marshall, a classic version
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka, a modern fractured version
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, retold by Eugene Trivizas
The Three Little Javelinas, by Susan Lowell , southwestern
The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark by Donivee Martin Laird, Hawaiian
The Three Little Pigs and the Fox, William Hooks, Appalachian
The Three Little Cajun Pigs, by Bertha Amoss, Louisianna
Ziggy Piggy, by Frank Asch, a fourth pig at the beach
More Three Little Pigs versions: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/Childrens_Services/threelittlepigs.html
Electronic versions of the traditional Three Little Pigs: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0124.html
Beauty and the Beast
Snowbear Whittington, by William Hooks, Appalachian
The Dragon Prince, by Lawrence Yen, A Chinese beauty and the Beast Tale
A Frog Prince, by Alix Berenzy, German
Cupid and Psyche, by Charlotte Craft, A Greek myth
Buffalo Women, by Paul Goble, A Native American version
The Canary Prince, by Eric Jon Nones, an Italian version
Electronic versions of the
traditional Beauty and the Beast: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0425c.html
List of versions: http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/StoryOrigin.html
Little Red Riding Hood:
Little Red Cowboy Hat: A Southwestern Little Red Riding Hood, by Susan Lowell.
Little Red Riding Hood: A New Fangled Prairie Tale, by Lisa Ernst Campbell
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China, by Ed Young
Ruby, by Michael Emberley.
Little Red Cap, by the Brothers Grimm.
Little Red Riding Hood , by the Brothers Grimm.
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood , by Mike Artell.
A Cajun Little Red Riding Hood, by Berthe Amoss, Louisiana
Little Red Riding Hood, by Charles Perrault, original French version
Flossie and the Fox, by Patricia Mc Kissack, a southern version
Electronic versions of traditional Little Red Riding Hood: http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/lrrh/lrrhhome.htm
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html
Other Internet Resources for
folktales:
Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales Around the World: http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/
Japanese Tales : http://www.smith.edu/fcceas/curriculum/peet.htm
Russian Tales: http://russian-crafts.com/tales.html
Fairy and Folktale resources: http://www.vinton-shellsburg.k12.ia.us/tms/seventh/rdg7/fairy/fables.html
List of many different fairy tale versions: http://www.ci.shrewsbury.ma.us/Sps/Schools/Beal/Curriculum/media/fairy/fairytales.html
What is Folklore: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folklore_what.htm
Writing Folktales: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_brainstorming.htm
All About Folktales: http://www.umassd.edu/specialprograms/isn/Newfiles/aboutfolktales.html
Internet Resources for
Culture:
General Culture Resources:
Definition of culture: http://www.wcpworld.com/future/tcoc.htm
Culture Quest : http://library.thinkquest.org/18802/gazette.htm
World Culture:
Culture Connections: http://library.thinkquest.org/50055/index.shtml
Culture Quest World Tour: http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/
Global Kid Connections: http://teacher.scholastic.com/glokid/index.htm
North Carolina Culture:
North Carolina Encyclopedia : http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm
Carolina Clips: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/cover.htm
North Carolina EdWeb Resources: http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/connectusa/ncweb.html
NC Arts and Culture: http://www.ncgg.org/arts/
NC Department of Cultural Resources: http://www.ncdcr.gov/arts_culture.htm
NC mountain culture: http://www.tricounties.net/culture.html