CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Crow and the Pitcher" by Aesop
This story is part of his collection of tales known as "Aesop's Fables," which were passed down by people retelling them. They have deeply influenced children's literature and modern storytelling culture. As you read, take notes on the...
Starfall
Starfall: Chinese Fables
This interactive ebook features an introduction and six different Chinese fables.
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Starfall: One Rice Thousand Gold
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, One Rice Thousand Gold.
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Starfall: Morning Three Night Four
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Morning Three Night Four.
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Starfall: Dung Shi Copies Eyebrows
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Dung-Shi Copies Eyebrows.
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Starfall: Draw Dragon Dot Eyes
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Draw Dragon Dot Eyes.
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Starfall: Cup Bow Snake Reflection
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Cup Bow Snake Reflection.
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Starfall: Yay Gung Loves Dragons
This interactive ebook features the text and optional audio of the old Chinese fable, Yay-Gung Loves Dragons.
Starfall
Starfall: Introduction to Old Chinese Fables
This video is an introduction to six old Chinese fables.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Cinderella Folk Tales (Lesson Plans)
These five activities allow students to explore the various Cinderella folktales, while comparing and contrasting the characters. They provide lesson extensions, links to charts, discussion questions and the like.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Tall Tales, Folk Tales, and Fables Review
This is a review of 3 stories, then placing the attributes with the correct genre. Although others may not read the exact story, you could just replace the picture with another picture that represents the story you read.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Fables
This ebook version of Jean de La Fontaine's Fables has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: Mythology Electronic Texts
This is a handy site from the University of Pittsburgh for making comparisons in the folklore of different cultures. It is organized by themes. For instance, you could scroll down to the theme "Man and Serpent," click on that and read...
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh: The Frog and the Rat
This site from the University of Pittsburgh provides the text only of the fable by de La Fontaine. Translated into English, but preserved in its original poetic structure.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop (1890), a collection of illustrated fables.
Other
Frog Fables and Parables
All these fables feature frogs as their main characters. Like all fables, they each have a message about life.
Other
Legends
Looking for fun and entertaining legends to read to your students? Try this site and explore the easy to read online stories. `
Other
Create a Fable [Pdf]
Fables include common elements, such as a moral, characters, and a setting. This activity walks students through the process of creating a fable by selecting each item from a list, then putting it all together.
TES Global
Blendspace: Legends, Myths, and Other Traditional Tales
A learning module with fifteen links to texts, videos, and websites about legends, myths, fables, and folktales.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Fables
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Fables" by Arnold Lobel. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Genres
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction lesson on fiction and nonfiction genres.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Genres Activotes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an Activote genre quiz to go along with Genres lesson.
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron Shepard's World of Stories: Folktales, Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, Etc.
Here are folktales, fairy tales, tall tales, myths, legends, magical tales, and sacred stories, plus original fables, humor, fantasy, and historical fiction from award-winning author Aaron Shepard. Most of the stories have been published...