Tall Tales

1. Tall Tales Patti Evans Librarian Carlisle Elementary

2. Tall tales are like legends but with a twist of humor.

3. Legends are……….. Folk stories about real or imaginary people. Based in some fact but much is embellished.

4. About Legends... It’s hard to tell where the facts stop and the imagination takes over. They come to us by word of mouth.

5. As the story is repeated, it may be elaborated until it becomes a .............

6. …….LEGEND

7. 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……..`

8. TALL TALES

9. American TallTales 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.

10. AmericanTall Tales Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, and Mike Fink were mythical men but their feats of brawn and muscle were required to help develop America.

11. AmericanTall 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.......

12. Pecos Bill

13. Davy Crockett

14. John Henry...Steel Driven’ Man

15. American Tall Tales The heroes and heroinesof tall tales are the mightiest, strongest, most daring lumberjacks, railroad workers, coal miners, steel workers, or whatever was needed to make America great.

16. American Tall Tales The exaggeratedhumor adds zest to the harsh life of hard labor that many Americans were experiencingin the 1800’s.

17. American Tall Tales Tall tales are a part of our history and a part of our literature....

18. Enjoy some of the Tall Tales our library has to offer: Pecos Bill Paul Bunyan Sally Ann Thunder

19. Characters as unique as the countrythat inspired them. Library Lil Big Men, Big Country John Henry Johnny Appleseed Old Stormalong