Folklore is the written and oral stories from a culture. These narratives often have extraordinary people or animals who overcome some obstacle. Myths are stories that a culture uses to explain the origin of the world, unexpected events, and the mysteries of the natural world. Legends are stories that are presented as fact but have no factual support.
It’s hard to believe that the same person who wrote “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” could write charming children’s poetry, but Rob...
Reading Set: 7 Passages
A fable is a story with a moral, or lesson, at the end. Aesop, a Greek author in the 6th century B.C.E., is perhaps the most ...
Reading Set: 6 Passages
by Ruth Edna Kelley from The Book of Hallowe'en
Chapter XV passage: Published in 1919, Ruth Edna Kel...
804 Words, 5th-8th Grades, Compare and Contrast and Context Clues
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Will the Easter Bunny be ready in time for the big d...
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by Robert Louis Stevenson from A Child’s Garden of Verses
While Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) may be best...
107 Words, 1st-3rd Grades, Figurative Language, Rhythm & Rhyme, and Theme
After Christmas, Santa’s elves deserve some time off...
1,267 Words, 3rd-5th Grades, 740L - 1050L, Story Elements and Summary
Johnny loved growing apples. He loved it so much he decided to plant apple trees everywhere. But, first he had to get the seeds...
389 Words, 2nd-3rd Grades, 420L - 730L, Story Elements and Summary
Lucy sends her Christmas letter to the North Pole an...
790 Words, 3rd-5th Grades, 420L - 730L, Main / Central Idea, Story Elements, and Summary
Paul Bunyan is a tall tale that originated through oral stories of North American loggers. His enormous size and strength allow...
489 Words, 2nd-3rd Grades, 420L - 730L, Character Traits and Summary
The small forest creatures are busy getting ready fo...
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