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Tall Tall TalesTalesPatti Evans
Librarian
Carlisle Elementary
Tall tales are like Tall tales are like legends but with a legends but with a
twisttwist of humor. of humor.
Folk stories about real or
imaginary people.
Based in some fact but
much is embellished.
Legends are………..
It’s hard to tell where the
facts stop and the
imagination takes over.
They come to us by word of
mouth.
About Legends...
As the story is
repeated, it may be
elaborated until it
becomes a .............
…………..LEGENDLEGEND
Beyond a legend Beyond a legend
Each country has its own folk heroes who exemplify the character traits its people value.
These stories are a combination of history, myth and fact.
In America, we call these stories……..`
TALL TALL TALESTALES
Consist of folk heroes who
exemplify the character traits
that its people value.
Davy Crockett, Johnny
Appleseed, and Daniel Boone
were real people but their
stories made them larger than
life.
American Tall Tales
Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan,
and Mike Fink were mythical
men but their feats of brawn
and muscle were required to
help develop America.
American Tall Tales
These folk heroes were created by
people who needed idols and symbols
of strength to build a new country -
They exaggerated the size and deeds of these heroes.
Heroes like.......
American Tall Tales
Pecos Pecos BillBill
Davy Crockett
John Henry...Steel Driven’ ManJohn Henry...Steel Driven’ Man
The heroes and heroinesThe heroes and heroinesof tall tales are the mightiest, of tall tales are the mightiest, strongest, most daring strongest, most daring lumberjacks, railroad workers, lumberjacks, railroad workers, coal miners, steel workers, or coal miners, steel workers, or whatever was needed to make whatever was needed to make America great.America great.
American Tall Tales
The The exaggerated humor adds zest to the harsh humor adds zest to the harsh life of hard labor that many life of hard labor that many Americans were experiencingAmericans were experiencingin the 1800’s.in the 1800’s.
American Tall Tales
Tall tales are a part
of our history and a
part of our part of our literature...literature....
American Tall Tales
Enjoy some of the Tall Enjoy some of the Tall Tales our library has Tales our library has
to offer:to offer:
Pecos Bill
Paul Bunyan
Sally Ann Thunder
Characters as unique Characters as unique as the as the countrycountry that that inspired theminspired them..
Library Lil Big Men, Big Country
John Henry Johnny Appleseed
Old Stormalong
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