Traditional Literature refers to books that are re-tellings or re-writes of oral tales that have been pasted down through generations, and the original author is unknown. Some types of Traditional Literature include fables, ballads, epics, myths, legends, and religious stories to name a few.
Call Number: E B7566THS
Description: Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears.
Call Number: E G7937A
Description: In this variation of the old tale of the ant who gathers food for winter, and the grasshopper who does not prepare, there is an unexpected ending.
Call Number: E P65615LIO
Description: In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even a small creature is capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Call Number: 398.2 D284T
Description: When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life.
Call Number: 398.2 P6561T
Description: Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare.
Call Number: 398.21 AY44G
Description: A freshly bake gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.
Call Number: 398.225 B263F
Description: A collection of fables retold from Aesop, including "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," and "Androcles and the Lion."
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Author: Eric Kimmel
Grade Level: 1 - 2
Call Number: 398.2 K571RU
Description: In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.