I have many folktales that I enjoy. As a child I love The Three Billy Goats Gruff and as a preschool teacher it became one of my favorite books to read to students. My dad use to read us folktales from a book called Gormless Tom and other Tales From the British Ises. They had no illustrations, but that never bother me because of the way my dad would read them. He lived in Canada and taught on an Indian reservation for a while so he would also tell us Inuit folklore he had picked up there. Fractured Folktales have also been some of my favorites. I remember discovering The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs in 4th grade and loving it.
For my thematic unit I am focusing on Native Americans during the westward expansion. So I am looking at a few options for Native American folktales. I like the book The Story Telling Stone because it is a collection of Native American folktales that I could choose from. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush is also one I would like to use. The Mud Pony is another great Native American folktale that I would use.
