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Re: Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
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From: Stacy Dillon <sdillon_at_lrei.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:15:25 -0400
I do a large folktale unit every year with my students. Thankfully, we have a treasured (and old) collection of folktales at my school that we are reluctant to weed.
Others have mentioned illustrators moving into different formats and genres and I do think that has something to do with it. Folktales are mistakenly considered quaint rather than edgy or pushing of limits. Many times students will tell me they already know the story, but are they ever surprised when I read aloud!
Each year I will have a number of students that want more and more, and while our collection is cherished, it would be wonderful to be able to give them more choices that are shiny and new!
-- Stacy Dillon Lower School Librarian LREI - Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School 272 Sixth Avenue NY, NY 10014
Received on Wed 17 Mar 2010 09:15:25 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:15:25 -0400
I do a large folktale unit every year with my students. Thankfully, we have a treasured (and old) collection of folktales at my school that we are reluctant to weed.
Others have mentioned illustrators moving into different formats and genres and I do think that has something to do with it. Folktales are mistakenly considered quaint rather than edgy or pushing of limits. Many times students will tell me they already know the story, but are they ever surprised when I read aloud!
Each year I will have a number of students that want more and more, and while our collection is cherished, it would be wonderful to be able to give them more choices that are shiny and new!
-- Stacy Dillon Lower School Librarian LREI - Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School 272 Sixth Avenue NY, NY 10014
Received on Wed 17 Mar 2010 09:15:25 AM CDT
