Crustaceans of the Sea

Crabs and Crawfish by William Henry Borrow, 1888

In the gorgeous New England state of Maine lobsters and crabs abound. Last Friday I was lucky enough to be part of a fun-filled evening tour of Penobscot Bay on a real lobster boat!

Of course, while I'm here, I am indulging in delicious, fresh crabmeat sandwiches on a daily

basis. As storytellers we are never far away from folktales and I began to think about stories associated with these interesting crustaceans. Surprisingly, I was able to find quite a few. I hope you enjoy them!

  

• The crab is one of the oldest species on earth. 
• The horseshoe crab dates back over 200 million years and is literally a living fossil.
• The majority of edible crabs have five pairs of legs, with the front legs being larger pinchers.
• There are 4,400 varieties of crab.
• Crabs will regenerate their claws within 18 months.
  
  

STORIES

Frog and Crab Race - Kunigami, Okinawa Island 

http://tinyurl.com/3f7hcn8

The Crab and the Monkey – Japan

http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/228.htm

The Crane’s Walk – Aesop

http://tinyurl.com/3j55kv2

The Grateful Crab – Bali

http://blog.baliwww.com/tale/4704

The Heron and the Crab – India

http://tinyurl.com/3vma4fw

The Quarrel of the Tee Monkey and the Crab – Japan

http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/japan16.htm

 

The Rabbit and the Crab – Mayan * This site also offer curriculum connections to correspond with the Mayan culture.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/maya/mayasg1.html

How Crab Got His Shell - Africa 

http://tinyurl.com/3gxem3r

How the Hermit Crab Won a Race – Micronesia

http://tinyurl.com/3bsrl6l

CRAFTS

 

First School – Easy crab craft preschool and up.

http://tinyurl.com/3gtmcap

Herman the Crab – Coloring page

http://tinyurl.com/3dg5et5

Make Your Own Pop Up Crab

http://tinyurl.com/3wn4lmc

CURRICULUM

The Barnegat Bay Watershed 

http://www.bbwa.org/crab_curriculum.htm

Horseshoe Crabs and Ancient Art

http://tinyurl.com/3ugqh2n

National Park Service – Glacier Bay Crabs Lesson Plans
http://www.nps.gov/glba/forteachers/glacier-bay-crabs-lesson-plans.htm
 

READER’S THEATER

A House for Hermit Crab

http://tinyurl.com/3bkm6k3

SONGS AND FINGERPLAYS

Cranky Crabs

Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.

One swam into a net and then there were four.

Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.

One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.

Three cranky crabs were wondering what to do.

One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.

Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.

One got scooped up in a cup. Then there was one.

One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.

He hid between the jagged rocks.

That's how the story ends.

http://tinyurl.com/3s2evcr

Ocean Songs

http://tinyurl.com/62cnxtu

Karen Chace  2011 ©
This blog post was painstakingly researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my newsletter via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Gentle Giants Among Us - Elephants in Legend and Lore




The Pearl of the Elephant
by Edmund Dulac c. 1920

While researching upcoming holidays I found out that September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. The Ashanti of Ghana relate that an elephant is a human chief from the past. When they find a dead elephant in the forest, they give him a proper chief's burial.

The founder of this celebration is Wayne Hepburn, of Mission Media. It began when he received a paperweight of elephants on parade from his daughter as a gift. To learn more about his mission visit his website . You will find information, crafts, lesson plans and more!

My friend's son Jadiel adores elephants and is a frequent visitor at the Buttonwood Park Zoo to visit Emily the Elephant. Recently, I bought him a pink elephant watering can for his small raised garden at my sister's house. When I gave it to him he hugged it close and said, "I love elephants!"

So here is my new blog post for the week, in honor of  sweet, kind and caring Jadiel, and his love for these magnificent creatures. 

  

• The elephant is the largest land mammal in the world.
• Both males and females have tusks, but the males tend to be larger.
• The gestation period for a female elephant is 22 months!
• Other females in the herd are protective toward all newborn elephants.
• Baby elephants are always in the middle of the herd for protection.
• The cool themselves down elephants will pump more blood to its ears and flap them around.
• They have children up to fifty years old.
• The elephant's trunk has over 100,000 muscles units.
• They can live up to 70 years old or more.
 

The above information was found at the following website:

http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/about_elephants.htm http://www.travelbutlers.com/safari/wildlife-guide/elephant.asp

STORIES

And Elephants Did Fly - Southern Orissa, India

http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales/online.asp?story=28

The Blind Man and the Elephant - India

http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html

The Elephant and the Dog – Bhutan

http://www.culturalindia.net/indian-folktales/jataka-tales/elephant-and-dog.html

The Elephant and the Mahout – Magadha/Ancient India

http://www.4to40.com/folktales/index.asp?p=The_Elephant_and_the_Mahout

Elephant and Tortoise – South Africa

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/saft/sft31.htm

Fearing the Wind - Indiahttp://spiritoftrees.org/fearing-the-wind
How the Elephant Got His Tusks - Africa

http://www.travelbutlers.com/safari/wildlife-guide/folklore-tusks.asp

The Tortoise and the Elephant - Nigeria

http://allfolktales.com/wafrica/tortoise_and_elephant.php

The Tortoise Captures the Elephant - Africa

http://allfolktales.com/wafrica/tortoise_captures_eleph.php

The Elephants Nose – India

http://www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales/online.asp?story=68

Story-lovers.com – More elephant information than you can shake your trunk at!

http://www.story-lovers.com/listselephantstories.html

BOOKS

The Best Kid’s Booksite – A list of books suitable for children, all featuring elephants.

http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/storydetails.cfm?TopicID=67

CURRICULUM

 

The Blind Man and the Elephant
(story above)
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/lesson-plans/blind-men-and-elephant/

The Elephant Sanctuary – Two units focusing on the study of elephants offering teaching and learning activities for children grades K-8 consisting of  72 pages of instruction, background information, charts and graphs, activities, etc. http://www.elephants.com/curriculum.php

KidsParkZ – Story starters, elephant shapes and more for young children. http://www.kidsparkz.com/elephants.html

Shape Book from ABC Can Teach

http://www.abcteach.com/free/members/15411.pdf

CRAFTS

Danielle’s Place of Crafts and Activities – Lots of fun, easy to make elephant crafts.

http://daniellesplace.com/html/ElephantCrafts.html

Elephant Puppet – For ages 3 and up. Easy craft.
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/zoowildanimals/a/blelecraft2.htm

READER’S THEATER 

The White Elephant – A play for acting out the Indian folktale along with curriculum information.

http://www.teachingsolutions.com.au/samplepages/1sp_White_El.pdf.pdf

 

RHYMES, SONGS AND FINGERPLAYS

Animal Rhymes

http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/animal-rhymes.htm

Perpetual Preschool – Elephant Songs

http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/elephants/elephant_songs.htm

Animal Hokey Pokey – Featuring the elephant and animals galore!

http://www.songsforteaching.com/jackhartmann/animalhokeypokey.htm

POEM

Storyteller Susi Wolf generously shared this poem with me; I share it here with her permission.

THE BLIND ELEPHANT
by Susi Wolf 

There once was a female elephant 
Who was strong and clever. 
But one day 
She became quite ill and even though 
She recovered she was now blind. 
Being a survivor, 
She learned to walk slowly 
Using her trunk as a guide for every step. 
She taught herself how to eat, 
How to cross rivers 
How to be independent 
Within her own world of darkness. 
The other elephants noticed that 
All the young elephants stopped following 
Their own mothers and were now following 
The blind female. 
The herd grumbled among itself 
About why the foolish youngsters would 
Follow a blind creature 
Until an old male spoke, 
“Have you not noticed 
How she moves 
Through the forest with 
Confidence and strength? 
She walks with dignity and determination. 
Who would not follow such a leader?” 
And the other elephants were silent, 
Letting their youngsters go. 

Copyright, © February 2007, Susi Wolf 

Karen Chace 2011 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Bibliographies on the Web - Folktales, Fairytales, Myths and More

Légende Dorée, Armand Point, c. 1899

Books, books and more books! They are the tools of our trade and we never seem to have enough. I know my shelves are bursting but in the words of the old folktale, there is always room for one more. My car should sport a bumper sticker that reads, "I brake for book sales!"

Whether you are a storyteller, librarian or educator, and the time comes to put together a new program or lesson plan,  it is always helpful to have bibliographies at our fingertips. Here are a few to help you scratch the research itch!

A Bibliography of Feminist Folktales
http://thslone.tripod.com/Feminist-folktales.html

A Critical Bibliography on North American Indians, for K-2 http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/Indbibl/index.html

Annotated Bibliography of Jewish Story Collections - An extensive PDF file of resources compiled by Penninah Schram. http://caje33.wikispaces.com/file/view/Schram_Biblio.pdf

Annotated Bibliography of Trolls
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/biblio_trolls.html

Applit - Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults
http://www2.ferrum.edu/applit/

CanTeach - Folktales/Mythology Bibliography of books from various cultures.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/theme17.html

The Center for Children’s Book – Storytelling Resources – Birds, monsters, fools and more!
http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/storytellingbib.html

Children’s Literature Bibliography http://faculty.mville.edu/gangij/ecl_bibliography.pdf

Digital Storytelling Bibliography http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~jevogel2/lis506/bibliography.html

Environmental Education Resources Library -  “To assist Wisconsin teachers in integrating environmental education into their classroom curricula…The bibliographies contain teaching activity guides, videos, books for youth, and reference materials. All materials included in the bibliographies can be found at the Resources Library.”
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/library/bibs.htm

FEAST – Folklore, Education and Storytelling for Teachers – Family lore, children’s games, folktale collections and more.
http://bankstreet.edu/professional-development/projects/feast/bibliography/

Folk and Fairy Tales for Storytelling - Animal, environmental, Pourquoi, trickster tales and more.
http://www.wwu.edu/storytelling/documents/FolktaleAnthologiesTopical-Biblio.pdf

Fractured Fairy Tales
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/fft.html

Hmong Folktales and Folklore complied by Mark E. Pfeifer, PHD – You will not only find references to folktales but also to legends, music, myth and song. http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongFolktalesandFolklore.html

Jewish Storytelling Coalition – Selected and annotated bibliography of current Jewish story collections.
http://www.jewishstorytelling.org/biblio.html

Sisters Choice ~ Active Heroines in Folktales - An index of books with annotations on strong women in folktales; a perfect place to start if you are developing a program around this theme. http://www.sisterschoice.com/heroines.html

Storytelling Bibliography – Story collections, flannel boards, puppetry, etc.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/t2l/bibl-s01.htm

Western Washington University – Bibliography Folk and Fairy Tales – From Africa to Southeast Asia, a wealth of resources from around the world. http://www.wwu.edu/storytelling/biblifolk.shtml

Storybug.net - You will find an additional list of annotated bibliographies on my Teacher’s Page at
http://www.storybug.net/teacher-webbiblio.html .

Karen Chace 2011  ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Beacons in the Night: Lighthouse Keepers, Legends and Lore

Aquinnah Lighthouse

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

(This is my personal photo)

I've always loved lighthouses and have been fortunate to visit a few here in New England and the Kilauea Lighthouse  on the island of Kauai. For many the position of lighthouse keeper carries a sense of romance and wonder with it but in fact, it was a dangerous and lonely life. Many lighthouse keepers were heroes as well, risking their lives to save others.

Men were not the only ones to tend the lighthouses, many women also took on the responsibility, at least here in the United States.
   

August 7 is National Lighthouse Day so I offer you some history, stories, curriculum and crafts to celebrate this special day, and to remember those who valiantly lit the way for sailors throughout the centuries.

LIGHTHOUSE FACTS

• The tallest lighthouse is Cape Hatteras, NC (196 ft. built in 1872).
• The most expensive lighthouse built in America is St. George Reef, off Crescent City, California.. It took ten years to construct (1882-1892) and cost $715,000.00.
• The Lighthouse Service was created in 1789 by the 9th Act of the first Congress.
• There were never more than 850 lighthouses in operation at once, although about 1,500 were constructed in this country over the years.
• The first fog signal in this country, a cannon, was at the Boston Lighthouse.  The 1st Order Fresnel lens was installed on Seguin Island, Maine in 1857. This extremely rare lens stands 12 feet tall and can be seen for 20+ nautical miles.
• Towers are given special (painted) patterns, diamond shapes, spirals, stripes, etc. or colors to distinguish them from each other.
• The most famous lighthouse in history is the Lighthouse of Alexandria, built on the island of Pharos in Hellenistic Egypt.
• The oldest existing lighthouse in the world is La Torrede Hercules located in La Coruña, in Galicia, Spain. They say this lighthouse dates back to ca. 20BC

The information above was gathered from the following resources: http://www.seathelights.com/index.html

http://www.spanish-teaching.com/2007/1/the-oldest-lighthouse-in-the-world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1312

STORIES

Green Lantern – A Michigan Ghost Story
http://tinyurl.com/62ed64v

Mariner’s Museum – A valuable collection of resources outlining women’s experiences and contributions as sailors, lighthouse keepers, yachting, mermaid myths, etc., dating back to 1493. There is also an extensive bibliography. This site is full of information about women of the sea. It also includes three tales about three women who served in what was known then as a male occupation.

http://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/women/index.htm

The sites below offer snippets of stories and information that will help you research the tales to shed more light on the legends...pun intended.

Don’t Turn Off the Lights: Haunted Lighthouses  https://www.beachcombingmagazine.com/blogs/news/haunted-lighthouses

Legends and Hauntings of Oregon Coast Lighthouses – Historical background intertwined with short stories of ghostly specters.

https://beachconnection.net/news/lhou112606_01224.htm   

The Most Haunted Lighthouses of the Great Lakes Region
https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/the-most-haunted-lighthouses-of-the-great-lakes-region

 

CRAFTS

Build a Lighthouse
http://www.cheslights.org/cheskids/html/kidscraft.htm

Coloring Pages - Free to download.
http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/tags/lighthouses 

How To Make a Paper Lighthouse 
https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/crafts/paper-crafts/paper-lighthouses.htm

Puzzles, Mazes and Matchups 
http://www.cheslights.org/cheskids/pdf/lighthousekids.pd

CURRICULUM

Education World – Grades 3-5

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/00-1/lesson0075.shtml

Keeping the Lights for Kids by Elinor De Wire 
https://uslhs.org/sites/default/files/teaching_guides/abbie_burgess/Teaching%20Guide%2C%20Keep%20the%20Lights%20Burning%2C%20Abbie.pdf

Teacher’s Lighthouse Resources for grade K-4 – Offered by the United States Coast Guard offers a rich history of lighthouses from past to present. 
https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/01/2001772248/-1/-1/0/LIGHTHOUSECURRICULUM.PDF

United States Lighthouse Society – Curriculum materials for K-4, fun activities, crafts, and so much more.

https://uslhs.org/education/educational-materials   

Take a tour of lighthouses around the world.

30 Lighthouse You Have to Visit in Your Lifetime  
https://www.insider.com/beautiful-lighthouses-world-2017-8

Lighthouse of Australia  

https://lighthouses.org.au/nsw/  

Lighthouses of British Columbia 

https://www.lighthousefriends.com/pull-state.asp?state=BC

Lighthouse Directory - Information and links for more than 13,600 of the world's lighthouses. 
https://uslhs.org/resources/lighthouse-directories-organizations/directories 

Lighthouses of Greece 

http://www.faroi.com/

New England Lighthouses – A Virtual Guide – History, photos and more. 

http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/  

US Lighthouses 

https://www.us-lighthouses.com/    

ADDITIONAL READING

Barnes and Noble – A long list of children’s books and more focusing on lighthouses.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/LIGHTHOUSES/_/N-8qc   

Women Who Kept the Light by Mary Louise Gifford

https://tinyurl.com/xa5kbm6w 

 

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

 

Karen Chace 2011 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission, please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Communicating Completely with Championship Communication!

The Storyteller
by Jacques-Clement Wagrez, 1890

Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of being interviewed on the radio by Dr. Bill Lampton, a well-known keynote speaker, presenter, author and owner of Championship Communication, along with his talented co-host, Kristina Rhoades.  Bill is such a skilled interviewer that it felt more like a conversation and the hour flew by!

Bill is a communications specialist, offering coaching to individuals and organizations. Through our cyber friendship we have found that his work and that of professional storytellers have many things in common.

With the generous and kind permission of storyteller Dan Keding I also told the story, The Two Warriors, during the interview. It is very unusal to tell without a physical audience present so I hope I did this thought-provoking story justice. You may find the story on his CD, Promises Kept, Promises Broken and also in the book, Healing Hearts - Communities.


You may listen to the interview here:
http://thecompletecommunicator.com/?p=2021

I often highlight Bill's insightful business articles in my newsletter, Catch the Storybug, in the Business Notes section. Recently, with his permission, I added his interview with Terry Brock to my workshop handout on Social Media. There is a plethora of information here from two outstanding leaders in the business field: Leverage Technology and Build Relationships: http://thecompletecommunicator.com/?p=1854

You may subscribe to Bill's free newsletters, and articles at http://www.commlampton.com. I also urge you to join him on his business Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/635hnpz . He always has something fresh and interesting to share!

Folktales, Fathers and Fun - Celebrate the Men In Your Life

A Letter From His Father
by Claude Andrew Bail

    


"Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!"
                                     ~ Lydia M. Child

Father's Day is June 19 this year, a day when we honor and celebrate the men in our lives who sit through parent conferences, attend dance recitals, volunteer as baseball coaches, and walk us down the aisle. But others, who may not be our birth fathers, deserve to be celebrated as well; uncles, godfathers, fathers-in-law, any man who makes a positive difference in our lives through leading by example and supporting our goals.

It is almost six years since my own father passed away. While the special men in your life are still with you take a moment to honor them and say "thank you."

  

  

• Some history states that the holiday originated with Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. 
• Other history states it was first observed in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908. It was organized by Mrs. Grace Golden Clayton, who wanted to celebrate the lives of the 210 fathers who had been lost in the Monongah Mining disaster several months earlier in Monongah, West Virginia, on December 6, 1907.

• US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed by the nation.

• In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers.  In 1972 the day was made a permanent national holiday.
• Some observe the custom of wearing a red rose to indicate that one's father is living or a white rose to indicate that he is deceased.
  
  Information courtesy of:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Maria_Child
  https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/fathers-day 

STORIES

Father Frost - Russia
http://russian-crafts.com/russian-folk-tales/father-frost-tale.html 

Father Grumbler – Andrew Lang/Brown Fairy Tale Book
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/139/the-brown-fairy-book/4297/father-grumbler/

The Forest Bride – Finland    
https://americanliterature.com/author/parker-fillmore/fairy-tale/the-forest-bride

The Foster Father – Ukraine 
http://freebooksforkids.net/foster-father.html  (This immediately reminded me of the folktale, The Best Wish, found here: 
https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Jugoslav_Folktale_11.html#gsc.tab=0 )

The Half Blanket – Israel   
Note: There are many variations of this folktale from around the world.
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/xavier-university-ateneo-de-cagayan/purposive-communication/the-half-blanket-the-half-blanket/59685193

Juan Wearing a Monkey Skin – Philippines 

http://tinyurl.com/68qjdh5

The Miller, His Son and Their Donkey 
http://www.taleswithmorals.com/aesop-fable-the-man-the-boy-and-the-donkey.htm

My Father’s Wedding – Magyars    
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42981/42981-h/42981-h.htm#Page_86

One Man and His Precious Cow – Africa
https://allfolktales.com/wafrica/precious_cow.html   

The Princess Who Loved Her Father Like Salt 

http://tinyurl.com/3courp5

The Seventh Father of the House - Norway
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0726.html#seventh    

The Strange Creature – Zimbabwe

https://spiritoftrees.org/the-strange-creature 

The Three Brothers – Germany      
https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm/Margaret_Hunt/The_Three_Brothers.html#gsc.tab=0

The Ungrateful Child and the Father Who Went to School Again
https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Ukrainian_folktale_22.html#gsc.tab=0

The White Tiger – Korea
https://storiestogrowby.org/story/white-tiger/  

 

CURRICULUM

5 Father’s Day Ideas for Elementary Children
https://www.hmhco.com/blog/5-classroom-activities-for-fathers-day

Education World – Lesson plans, books, songs, and activities for your students.
https://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/fathers_day.shtml

Preschool Father’s Day Theme – Lots of creative ideas here.
https://www.prekprintablefun.com/fathers-day.html

Teacher’s Pay Teachers – Free activities that are teacher tested.
https://tinyurl.com/bdzep4v5

CRAFTS 

Country Living.com – 31 East Father’s Day Crafts the Kids Can Make for Dad 
https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g32676534/fathers-day-crafts-kids/

DLTK.COM - Lots of things to make that special man smile on Father’s Day: Crafts, poems, printables, recipes and songs!
http://tinyurl.com/nrssk

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/fathersday/

Father’s Day Crafts for Kids – So many fun and fresh ideas.
https://mr-mintz.com/collections/fathers-day?srsltid=AfmBOopAO0-a_y4nWhU55EAZgJ1QLhHnTFzVs4nOmzZSC6J0UrJnK2sU

RECIPES

Father’s Day Cooking Project for Kids
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/fathers-day-projects-kids

In the Kid’s Kitchen – Father’s Day Recipes Kids Can Make
https://www.inthekidskitchen.com/fathers-day-recipes-kids-can-make/ 

SOMETHING EXTRA

A Father’s Day Story - If you would like to read a short, humorous story about my father, you will find it here.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-father-always-took-great-pride-in.html

C is for Caring Fathers – A blog from the fabulous folktale researcher, Csenge.
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2016/04/c-is-for-caring-fathers.html

Mother’s Day and Memories - My blog post for Mother’s Day filled with stories and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/05/mothers-day-and-memories.html

 

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

 

Karen Chace 2011 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission, please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

 

Public Domain II - Folktales, Myths and Legends Oh My!

As promised, I have put together another list of public domain books from around the world.

The picture to the left portrays the third century Syrian Queen Zenobia by illustrator Warwick Goble. She is considered to be one of the most underrated heroines of ancient times.

Her pedigree comes from a long line of queens from Syrian & Abyssinian queens, including the well-known Queen of Sheba. After her husband’s death she led a revolt again the Roman Empire and added Egypt to her expanding empire as well.





She was said to be more beautiful than Cleopatra and was a scholar in her own right.  Besides her native tongue she was fluent in Greek, Aramaic, and Egyptian, with a working knowledge of Latin. She was renowned for hosting literary salons and surrounding herself with philosophers and poets, the most famous of these being
Cassius Longinus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia

In honor of this ancient Queen and her love of language and cultures, I give you folktales, fairy tales, epics and legends from many lands.

Australian Legendary Folktales - Collected by Katie Langloh Parker with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Stories of emus, bats, magpies and more. Learn about this lovely land down under. http://tinyurl.com/yackb55

Belgian Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis, 1919 - Step into this enchanted text filled with queens, ogres, pilgrims and faeries.

http://www.archive.org/details/belgianfairytale00grifiala

The Book of the Epic – The Worlds Great Epics Told in Story by H. A. Guerber, 1913. Visit France, Portugal, Netherlands, Japan and more through these epics from around the world. http://tinyurl.com/6edwz4f

Chinese Fables and Folk Stories – by Mary Hayes Davis, Chow-Leung. The Snail and the Bees, Woo Sing and the Mirror, Two Mother and a Child, are just a few of the tales found within the pages of this book from 1908.
http://tinyurl.com/yda28q4

Clever Stories from Many Nations by John Saxe, 1865. Interesting adaptation of stories, all told in rhyme.
http://www.archive.org/details/cleverstories00saxerich

The Folktales of the Magyars translated by Jones and Kroph, 1886. The Speaking Grapes, The Smiling Apple and the Tinkling Apricot is just one of many interesting tales from the people of Hungary.http://www.archive.org/details/folktalesofmagya00joneuoft

Yule-tide stories - A collection of Scandinavian and North German popular tales and traditions, from the Swedish, Danish and German, 1910. This book can be downloaded to your computer or Kindle.  http://tinyurl.com/6k57ktf

Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend by Donald Alexander Mackenzie, 1917. Fairies, friends and foes fill this volume of stories from mythical Scotland.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/index.htm

And if you missed the first blog post of public domain story collections in May go to:

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/05/public-domain-folktales-myths-legends.html