Traditional Literature Anyone? by connie https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature A review of books (and ebooks!) in the traditional literature genre, by fifth grade students at Galileo. en-us 2016-11-28 00:48:19 UTC 2025-09-28 11:10:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://weknowyourdreams.com/images/book/book-07.jpg Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, by Natasha Lim clamon https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/140066377 Do you love reading different versions of stories? Goldy Luck and the Three Pandasis similar to the familiar Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but in this story Goldy Luck knows the three pandas! In this version, she does eat all the just-right congee (rice porridge), break the just-right chair and fall asleep in a just-right bed. However, I really liked this book because Goldy Luck returns to help clean up her mess, just in time for the Chinese New Year!
Type of traditional literature: folktale
Origin: Chinese American
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Reviewed by: Ms. Amon]]> 2016-11-28 00:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/140066377 Why The Sky Is Far Away, by Mary-Joan Gerson https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128243 Are you hungry right now? I am, and so are the Nigerians. If you want to know how the Nigerians get their food, I recommend reading Why The Sky Is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson. This book is about how the Nigerians get their food and why the sky is so high in the sky. The thing I liked about this book was its creativeness for having the Nigerians eat the sky. The thing that made this story unusual is that the sky tasted like anything they thought about. I feel like third grade and up would enjoy reading this book.
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Orgin:Nigeria
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Reviewed by: Bianca]]> 2016-12-01 15:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128243 Pedro and The Coyote, by Sandy Sepehri https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128693 Do you love farming and taking care of all the animals? Or doing something to get people back for what they did? When a coyote starts eating all the chickens Pedro loves, in the book Pedro and The Coyote, he has to get him back for what he did. One night Pedro stays at the pond and waits for the coyote, but the coyote doesn’t know what’s ahead of him.You can figure out what is the plan and what he does in this book by Sandy Sepehri. Pedro loves working, he is a very hard worker. Every morning he feeds the animals but the animals that he most likes are the chickens. He even named them, too. Pedro’s mom told him to stay away from coyotes. But one night a coyote comes and eats 3 chickens. Pedro comes out with a clever plan for the coyote. What I loved about the book is that it tells a lesson: not to be greedy and always treat others like you want to be treated. The unusual thing is that they used a coyote and a little kid. I would recommend this book to 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade. 
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Origin: Mexican
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Reviewed by: Mia 
]]> 2016-12-01 15:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128693 Stone Soup by Christianne Jones https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128849 The book I read was Stone Soup. The author of the book is Christianne C. Jones. If you read this book you will like it because it shows you how to share your food with people that have come very far. This book is about how the traveler was going around asking people for food but they didn’t want to share. He did this because he was trying to see if the people would share their food. I liked this book because it shows people how to share their food with people who need it. 
Type of traditional literature: Folktale
Origin: Old Folktale
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Reviewed by: Jada 
]]> 2016-12-01 15:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128849 Fat Cat, by Margaret Read MacDonald https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128902 If you like books where old ladies swallow things then you should read Fat Cat by Margaret Read MacDonald. You should read it because a fat cat ran around town eating most things normal cats don't eat: including a king, an elephant, etc, while the things that were getting eaten were saying that he was fat. I think it was interesting that the cat ate so many things. I liked it because the cat got so fat so it looked really funny when he was so fat. I think that kindergarten-5th grade would like it because I enjoyed it.
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Origin: Denmark
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Reviewed by: Nathanael]]> 2016-12-01 15:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141128902 Lon Po Po, by Ed Young https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129315 Are you clever like Shang and her sisters? How long would it take you to recognize a wolf in disguise? When Shang’s mother left her daughters alone inside their house to visit Po Po, Shang and her sisters encountered a wolf! Can they notice there is a wolf inside their house? Shang’s mother left her daughters to visit Po Po. Shang’s mother told them not to open the door to nobody, but when they heard a knock on the door, they opened the door. I liked this book because Shang and her sisters were clever enough to know that Po Po was actually a wolf, and that they had a plan to get rid of the wolf for good.
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Origin:China
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Reviewed by:Christopher 
]]> 2016-12-01 15:11:34 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129315 The People Could Fly, by Virginia Hamilton https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129552 If you like reading about African life and slavery, this is for you! It talks about how the African people were slaves but a little magic jumps in! The story is about African people who can fly but lost their wings. The African people lost their wings because they got taken on a slave ship and it was too crowded but something magical happens! I like this book because it had magic in it when the African slaves grew wings! It was a little unusual that the people grew wings which people don't. This book was really nice.
Type of traditional literature: Folktale
Origin: African America
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Reviewed by: Desire]]> 2016-12-01 15:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129552 Momotaro: The Peach Boy by M.J. York https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129978 What would you do if a monster came to attack your village? Would you survive fighting it with only some animal friends and some millet cakes and a sharp blade?
If you like reading about mystery, fighting and teamwork, you may enjoy reading Momotaro, aJapanese folktale. I would recommend it because Momotaro goes through lots of experiences. When the Oni comes to the village, Momotaro has to learn how to fight and defeat the Oni or it will defeat the village.
Type of traditional literature: Folktale
Origin:Japan
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Reviewed by:Steve]]> 2016-12-01 15:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141129978 The Dragon Emperor, retold by Wang Ping https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130674 If you really love to read Chinese folktales I would recommend The Dragon Emperor, retold by Wang Ping. I would definitely recommend this book to you because of the story behind the folktale which I think anybody would love to find out if they read this book. The book is about how people go to war because a person wants to become the Emperor.  I liked it because this was the first Chinese story I ever read and I really liked it. I also liked it because the very unusual part was that some of the animals had weirdly shaped bodies. I think anybody would like to read this book because of how interesting it is. 

Type of traditional literature:
Folktale
Origin: China/Chinese
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Reviewed by: Isabella 
]]> 2016-12-01 15:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130674 The Hunter by Mary Casanova https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130685 Are you a hunter? Can you hunt for your village? Well read The Hunter, it is about this hunter named Ha Li Bu who hunts for his village for them to survive. If you like folktales from China, this is the book for you, and if you also like hunting, well this is still the best book for you. Check out the author Mary Casanova and remember to read The Hunter. 

Ha Li Bu's village is going through a drought and he needs to hunt to feed the people of his village, or else they can die from lack of water and food. Can he hunt for his village and get them through this drought?

I would say this book is a good one and I think fourth graders and third graders should read it because it would show them how it is not always you who is important it can be someone else.
Type of Traditional Literature: Folktale
Origin: China
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Reviewed By Julian
]]> 2016-12-01 15:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130685 Grandma and the Great Gourd https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130870 In the book Grandma and The Great Gourd by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, there is an old woman that lives with her dogs in a small village in India. Later on in the story she gets a letter from her daughter saying that she misses her grandma and wants her to come over to have dinner. But there is a forest in between them, so she has to go in the forest, but there are fierce animals in the forest.

Type of traditional literature: Bengali Folktale
Origin: Bengali
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Reviewed  by Melvin]]> 2016-12-01 15:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141130870 Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, by Carmen Agra Deedy https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141131926 Do you want to see who loves you more? Do you want to do the coffee drop test?  When Martina’s Cuban grandmother tells her to get married, Martina doesn’t want to but she does anyway. She waits for the perfect day and beautiful animals. Martina and her grandmother decide to do the coffee drop test to see who loves her more. Read the book to find out who loves her more.
Type of Traditional Literature:
Folktale
Origin: Cuban
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Reviewed by: Stephanie]]> 2016-12-01 15:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141131926 The Dancing Turtle by Pleasant DeSpain https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141133236 Do you have a turtle? Can you dance like this turtle? Can you play like this turtle? How long do you think you can dance and play the flute like this turtle? The Dancing Turtle by Pleasant DeSpain is an amazing book. In this book the turtle uses his shrewd mind to get free from the kids. 

This book is about a turtle that plays the flute and dances all day and then goes to sleep and a man captures him. Then the man wakes up and goes into the fields. The next day and father says watch the turtle but the kids let him out and the turtle gets away.   

I think 3rd grade and up will like this book because it isn't hard and it isn't easy. Also I think people that like folktales would like it because I think it is a very good folktale. Also this book can give many types of themes like cleverness because the turtle uses his shrewd cleverness to get away from the kids. 

Type of Traditional Literature: folktale
Origin: Brazil
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]]> 2016-12-01 15:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141133236 The Mitten by Jan Brett liflores1 https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141134253 Do you love it when your grandma makes you something special? or do you say something sarcastic like "Oh.....they're nice." When Nicki's grandmother makes him some special mittens, he promises his grandma that he won't lose his mittens in the snow, even though the mittens are white. His grandma said, "I will be checking to see if you have them when you come back". I think that whoever wants to read this book can because this book is funny and it teaches you a lesson not to forget things.
Type of Traditional Literature:
Folktale
Origin: Ukrainian Folktale
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Reviewed By Layla ]]> 2016-12-01 15:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141134253 Medio Pollito By Amanda StJohn https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141135476 Are you different from everybody else? Do you look different than everybody else? If you do, you will love this book. You will will meet this different, unusual half chicken. When half chicken is born he never does anything for himself. But when he goes on a trip, will half chicken survive? Read Medio Pollito by Amanda StJohn. I think students from 4th and 5th grade would enjoy it because the folktale is really really good. I liked the book because the half chicken learned his lesson. What made it unusual was the half chicken, because I have never heard of it and it looked different than any chicken I have ever seen in my entire life.
Type of Traditional Literature: Folktale
Orgin: Mexican
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Reviewed by: Stephanie D
]]> 2016-12-01 15:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141135476 Fox Tails by Amy Lowry https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141136505 If you like books about getting revenge, then go on and read Fox Tails. You should read this because it is a little funny. If you want to know how funny it really is, then go on and read this book. This book will explain to you that if you are in a little problem, and you ask someone to help you, and they are in a problem, and you ask that person to help you to get out of your problem and you do not help them back then you should go back and help them because the other person is going to get revenge on you. This book is perfect for 5th graders and other grades too.
I like this book because I like how the fox got what he needed from all those animals that were in a problem and the fox did not help them with their problems so those animals got their revenge on the fox and the fox left the house all sad and the other animals were laughing and going crazy from their revenge.

Type of Traditional literature: fable
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From:Noah]]> 2016-12-01 15:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141136505 The Gingerbread Man https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141139059 Are you ever hungry to eat a cookie? Well, let's see if you can keep up with this one. This cookie was just soulless, until he started running away from his owner and nearly died. The cookie was supposed to be eaten by an old hard working man. You can read about all the crazy things that happen in this story that is by Nancy Nolte. The book is about an old woman cooking a gingerbread man who comes to life and runs away because he doesn't want to be eaten by the old man, the bear, the cow, and the fox.
I liked that the gingerbread man was running even though it’s not possible in real life. I also like how the old woman and the old man work and help each other out.

I think this book can be read at any age group because it involves having fun being adventurous and helps you communicate and more!
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]]> 2016-12-01 15:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141139059 The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141139916 The Three Billy Goats Gruff are really hungry and they eat grass, but they want to go to a meadow of grass, and on the way over there is a bridge and under that bridge is a troll. Can the Billy Goats Gruff get past the bridge without getting eaten???

I liked this book because the Three Billy Goats Gruff have to figure out a way to get past the troll under the bridge. What made it unusual was the oldest Billy Goat Gruff was really big. I think 3rd grade and up would enjoy this book.
]]> 2016-12-01 15:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141139916 Snow White https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141407595 Retold By: Roberto Piumini
Have you ever had a mom that is jealous of you because you have more beauty than her? Have you ever had to leave because she wanted you dead? Well, Snow White has in the book Snow White by Roberto Piumini.

Snow White 's mom was jealous of Snow White's beauty. So her mom decided to get rid of her so that way she could be the prettiest of them all. So she grabbed a huntsman and told him to kill Snow White in the forest. But she was so nice and pretty that he let her go. Snow White had come across a little cottage. Seven Dwarfs welcomed her in and she cleans and cooks for them when they go to work. The stepmom finds out where Snow White lives then she creates a poisoned apple to give to Snow White. She disguises herself as an old lady giving away apples. Snow White takes a bite of the apple and falls straight asleep. Then the dwarfs create a casket for and they put it on top of the hill. One day a prince comes by the casket and has it taken to his palace. On the ride there, the casket falls off the carriage it was on!  Then Snow White wakes up because there was just a piece of apple stuck in her throat. The Prince asks her to marry him. The stepmom was found and thrown into jail. Snow White and her prince had seven children together.

Origin: Unknown
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Reviewed By: Nayeli
]]> 2016-12-02 15:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141407595 Puss in Boots https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141407737 Retold By: Roberto Piumini
If you enjoy the Three Little Pigs, you might enjoy Puss in Boots by Roberto Piumini. I would recommend it because it shows how animals do make great companions. This cat helped his master impress the king and marry the princess, now is that amazing or not?

Puss in Boots is about a cat who wants to make sure his owner gets the life fit for a prince, literally.

I would definitely say this is the best folktale I've ever read. The book shows just why pets make good companions. I think that any grade would enjoy this book.
Traditional Literature: Fairy Tale
Origin: French
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Reviewed by:Tatiyana]]> 2016-12-02 15:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141407737 The Mitten https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141408085 If you love stories that are not fake but have fun in them this book is just the right book for you, it’s called The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt. I would recommend it because it is based on a true story that a grandma made up of how she thinks that her grandson’s mitten got broken or lost.
Type of traditional literature:
Ukrainian folktale
Origin : Ukrainian
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Reviewed by : Ivelis
]]> 2016-12-02 15:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141408085 The Yellow Emperor By: Wing Ping https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141408400 If you enjoy Chinese legends or folktales you might like The Yellow Emperor by Wang Ping. I would recommend it because it is a folktale about the Chinese gods.The book is about the yellow emperor that made China great because he was an inventor. I like and recommend this book because it shows you the good sides of being unique and helping others.
Type of traditional literature: Chinese fairy tale.
Origin: China
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Reviewed by: Luke
]]> 2016-12-02 15:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141408400 The Lion and the Mouse https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141409545 Imagine if you were a mouse, could you save a lion? Read The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney and find out.

Reviewed by Emyia
fable
read more here]]> 2016-12-02 15:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141409545 Jack and The Bean Stalk https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141410427 You should read this book because it will take you on an adventure.
 
One day Jack’s mom gave him money to buy food but instead he traded the money for beans. His mom was really mad. What will happen to Jack? I like when Jack went up the beanstalk and found a giant and the giant fell down. Will he live or not? Read the book to find out.

Type of traditional Literature:
fairy tale
origin: English
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Reviewed by: Julian V
]]> 2016-12-02 15:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141410427 The Day It Snowed Tortillas by Joe Hayes https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141410874 Do you know how to write and read and are you clever? Well, if you are, you are educated because a woman told his husband it snowed tortillas and he believed it so it supposedly snowed tortillas! A man found gold and went blabbing and his wife sent him to school! You could read about this in a book called The Day It Snowed Tortillas.
The book is about a man that didn't know anything simple and his wife sent him to school then robbers come for gold and her husband said it snowed tortillas. The robbers saw he was crazy and left the man and his wife alone.
The book was great but also weird because a man's wife had 100 pounds of flour and she made tortillas out of all the flour. Then after that she threw the tortillas outside and when her husband woke up she said “You missed it last night it was snowing tortillas!” The man got confused. I think that 2nd grade to 5th grade would like this story.
Type of traditional literature: folktale
Origin: Mexico
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]]> 2016-12-02 15:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141410874 Stone Soup by Christianne C. Jones https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141411225 How are your skills to trick people? Do you like eating or making soup? A traveler tricks people into making soup for him. If so, you should check out Stone Soup by Christine C. Jones. A traveler makes villagers think they can make soup from stone when it really it is just soup so they can give him food when they had refused him. 
I like how the character thinks. I liked it because the character thought of a smart plan so the villagers can make something for him. I think first through third graders would enjoy the book. The thing that made it unusual was that the traveler tricked the villagers thinking soup can be made from stone.
Type of traditional literature:
Folklore
Origin: Britain
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Reviewed by: Ahmad]]> 2016-12-02 15:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141411225 How The Camel Got his Hump by Christianne C. Jones https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141411401 How are your working skills? Would you work all day while another person did not do anything, or would you go complain about it? Well, if you would go tell someone, I suggest reading How The Camel Got His Hump by Christianne C. Jones.
This book is about a camel and how he does not like to work and all the other animals complain to the owner of the camel, but all the owner says is if the camel wants to act like that then let him. So the animals get angry because the owner did not do any thing so they tell the magic desert watcher. To find out what happens to the camel, read the story How The Camel Got His Hump. I liked this book because the illustrations were really good and fun to read. I also like this book because it explains how camel got his hump and I have never heard a story like that before.

Type of traditional Literature:
Folktale
Origin: English
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By: Yesenia 
]]> 2016-12-02 15:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/141411401 The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567158 Have you ever wondered if a girl can fit in a snow bear's clothes? You can find out if she fits in the book The Three Snow Bears. This book is about a girl that was wandering around  and she got lost and lost her dogs. She called for help but nobody answered so she wandered and she found the biggest igloo she had ever seen. She ducked inside and found three boots of different sizes. One pair fit her just right.She found soup, too, and one bowl was just right. She also found three beds and and one was just right. When the bears came back they were wondering what had been eating their food, who had been in their beds and who had been wearing their boots. They found her in bed sleeping and woke her up. She ducked under Papa's legs and dove outside and her Huskies were bouncing around happy to see her.]]> 2016-12-08 15:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567158 The Little Red Hen By Paul Galdone vabarrera https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567981 If you like Cinderella, then probably you would like this book. In both books, they have to do chores. In this book, Hen is doing all the chores and the cat, dog and mouse aren't doing anything. This story has an important lesson for everyone to learn. It is an amazing book for learning about responsibility and how everybody needs to take their part of cleaning.
Reviewed by Vivian
]]> 2016-12-08 15:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567981 Sunjata: Warrior king of Mali by Justine Fontes. https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567997 In West Africa today you can still hear the story of Sunjata the great king, or mansa, who lived over seven centuries ago. At holidays or ceremonies, like a wedding or funeral, the whole Mande village gathers around to hear the story about an ancient king from Africa. With magic and fighting, this is a good book to read.

In this book, a boy that is born lame is destined to be a great mansa, but he grows and grows and eventually his father dies and gives his kingdom to the eldest son. But then Sunjata starts to walk and talk, so the new mansa banishes him, his mother and sister and brother. But later he learns that his kingdom has been taken by a magical warlord. So then he goes off to fight him and...

This book is a good and inspiring book, because it shows how a man that is disabled vanquishes a warlord and successfully rules a kingdom. Also I feel this book is good for 3rd and 4th graders because it is in the form of a graphic novel and it is more appealing and easier to read.

This book is a legend from Mali.
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]]> 2016-12-08 15:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142567997 The 3 Little Dassies By Jan Brett https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569002 Do you like to read the book The Three Little Pigs? If you do, then this book is for you. In the book The Three Little Pigs, a wolf tries to attack them, but in the book The 3 Little Dassies, an eagle tries to attack them. 

I liked this  book because I didn't know about The 3 Little Dassies, I'm most familiar with The Three Little Pigs. This book is good for all ages from preschool-6.
Type of literature: Folktale
Origin: African]]> 2016-12-08 15:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569002 The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal by M.J. York https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569104 Do you enjoy tricky people tricking people? Do you like mean people getting tricked? Then you should check out this book called The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal.  There is a tiger in a cage and he sees a Brahman which is a priest like person, and the Brahman lets the tiger out.The tiger then tries to eat the Brahman but then gives the Brahman a second chance but the Brahman has to give the tiger three things. I liked the book because the character in the story was very clever. I think the book was very interesting and exciting.The animals were talking and the Brahman was talking to the road. I think everybody would like this book because it was interesting to me so I think it should be interesting to everybody.
Type: Indian Folktale
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By Kaleb ]]> 2016-12-08 15:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569104 The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569600 How was that mitten able to break with the cricket going in the mitten? How did the bear even fit? The boy needs to be better at not loosing things, and the mouse has to learn that when there is no more space, there is no space.

This book is mostly about a boy who lost his mitten, but when he left it there a mouse got in, then a frog, owl, rabbit, fox, gray wolf, boar, bear, and lastly a cricket. In the end the mitten broke, and I will not give the last bit of all the ending, you need to  read for yourself.

I liked it because of all the animals that were there and the tiny mitten and the unusual thing is that nine animals fit in that mitten, even a bear. I think that for 4th grade to 6th grade this book is really nice and also inspiring, too.

Type: Ukrainian folktale
By: Samantha ]]> 2016-12-08 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569600 Ask the Bones by Arielle North https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569829 If you like a spooky book you will love this book by Arielle North because there are spooky tales and monsters in this book. When you read this tale you will shiver in your bed because Ask the Bones is a scary story.

When a fisherman goes out to find treasure he finds a little island and a map but undead pirates arrr (like when they say arrr all the time) there and the man has to escape. Will he escape with his live or die?

I think this book is good and a little scary but some of it did not make sense to me. I think that if the man had been killed by the big pirate the pirates would not have made the fisherman’s wife forget about him. I liked it because it sounded like it was a story they told at sea. I think that it is for 3rd grade and up.
By Salvador
]]> 2016-12-08 15:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142569829 Bouki Cuts Wood by Amanda StJohn https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142570318 Do you like reading about people doing things that make them seem like they are not thinking? If you do, you should read this book Bouki Cuts Wood. This story is about a boy who has a goat. One day the boy went to cut a branch but he was sitting on the branch that he was about to cut. When he was cutting the wood a man came up to him and said that he was going to fall if he cut the wood more. Bouki did not listen and he ended up falling. Bouki ran after the man because he thought that he was a fortune teller. When Bouki was with the man he asked him, "When will I die?" The old man said when your goat bleats three times. Bouki knew his goat bleated a lot, so Bouki covered his goat's mouth with grass. Bouki went up the tree to cut wood when he heard his goat bleat three times. He fell straight down from the tree. Read this book: Bouki Cuts Wood by Amanda StJohn.

Type: Folk Tale 
Origin: Haitian
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By Kayla 
]]> 2016-12-08 15:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142570318 Frog Went a-Traveling https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142570409 Are you adventurist who dreams to fly? If so, you might like to read about a frog named Fedja and her adventurist trip across Russia. Fedja is a frog who dreamed of flying and she makes clever creations to help her succeed. Fedja plans to leave her swamp and travel through the skies of Russia. Follow and read the Russian folktale about Fedja's trip through the skies.

Reviewed By Diego Villanueva
Type of Folk tale: Russian]]> 2016-12-08 15:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142570409 The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142815527 Do you want to know how the Gingerbread boy came alive? Read this book and you will know how he came alive. Find out who eats him!

One day there was a woman and a man who made a Gingerbread boy then they baked him and he became alive and passed throughout the city to a zoo where he met...FOX!

I think the book was good and that it's a good book for younger kids. I recommend this book to you because it is different than other Gingerbread boy or Man stories. 

Type of traditional literature: Folk tale
Origin: United States 
Reviewed by Joshua  
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]]> 2016-12-09 15:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142815527 "Reaching for the Moon" in Peace Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816090 I highly recommend Reaching for the Moon, because the King of the Monkeys is so gullible to think there is a moon in the water. What happened to the monkeys? What is a golden moon?
The King has one of his strongest monkeys try reaching the “golden moon” in the pond, but they have mistaken it for what it was not. This sends many monkeys (including the king) to a sudden death.
I enjoyed this book because it was mostly filled with funniness, though at the end it is filled with sorrow.  What makes this story unusual is that the monkeys believe that there is a golden moon stuck in the water. I would recommend this book to 4th graders, because I feel like this folktale can really grab the reader’s attention.
Origin: Tibetan
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Reviewed by: Judith Dahlia Montesinos 
]]> 2016-12-09 15:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816090 Moon Rope By Lois Ehlert https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816129 Did you ever wonder if a fox can go to the moon? Have you ever made a grass rope without it breaking? When Fox is talking to Mole, Mole asked Fox: if you could do something in the world what would it be? and Fox said: I would go to the moon with a grass rope. If you would do anything, what would it be? Read more in the book Moon Rope by Lois Ehlert.

The book talks about how Mole came out of his hole because he was finished with his worm hunting and he asked Fox if he could do anything in the world, what would it be. Fox said he wanted to go to the moon with a grass rope and he asked the animals if they would help him to get the grass rope to the moon.

It was a good book because it was an adventure for Fox. What made it unusual is that the rope did not break and that the animals could not get it up to the moon, but the birds did. They did not die on their journey to the moon or the Fox either.
Type of traditional literature:
Peruvian folktale
Origin: Peru
Reviewed By Cris E
Read more here]]> 2016-12-09 15:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816129 Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816615 How many times do you think you could say Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo if you fell in a well?  Would you be able to finish saying it?  When Chang and his brother Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo fall in the well in the book Tikki Tikki Tembo, they have to save each other's lives by telling the old man with the ladder to save them. What will happen?
I thought this book was strange because I think they could've used a pulley and a bucket to get them out. I think 3rd grade students would enjoy reading this book.
Folktale
Origin: Chinese
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Reviewed by: Santiago
]]> 2016-12-09 15:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142816615 Cinderella By Francesc Boada https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142817975 Did you ever want to see a pretty slipper? Cinderella was trying on a slipper her grandmother and her sisters wanted to wear, too. If you want to know more, read Cinderella. Cinderella's stepmother and her sisters were jealous of her because of her beauty and goodness. They were mad because they wanted to wear the slipper. But it didn’t fit the grandmother’s foot not even the twin sisters. Then when Cinderella tried it on it fit her like a muffin. I liked the book because the book was interesting and funny because the stepmother’s face and the twin sisters' faces were sad and mad at the same time then she went to a dance with the prince and they lived happily ever after.

Type of Traditional Literature: Fairy Tale
Origin: American
By: Davon
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]]> 2016-12-09 15:15:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142817975 Scary Folktales By Megan Kopp https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818003 Do you believe in evil witches, fire-breathing dragons and vanishing hitchhikers? What would you do if you only had an ax, some food and a $100 bill to stay alive? When you mess around and are rude to your mom you get another mother. Read about all these things and more in Scary Folktales by Megan Kopp.
Type of traditional literature:Folktale
Origin:American
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By: Anyssa
]]> 2016-12-09 15:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818003 The Tortoise or The Hare by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818272 Do you like stories that have races? Well, the Tortoise or the Hare is the book for you. Go and check it out right now. It's an old story.

Hare and Tortoise want to have a race, aka a contest, and the end talks about...wait! I can’t tell you! Go read the book, the links down below. 

My favorite part is when Hare and Tortoise have the race. Third graders will like it because they like contests.

Type: fable
Origin: American retelling
by:Fabian
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]]> 2016-12-09 15:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818272 Nacho and Lolita by Pam Muñoz Ryan https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818742 Are you colorful? Well Nacho is. Nacho has to face the consequences of leaving Lolita to leave for the winter. When she comes back they live happily ever after. Nacho lives in a dull place but when he sets eyes on Lolita he knows he will have a wonderful life. But winter comes and he has to let Lolita migrate. I liked this book because Nacho loves Lolita and it is very cute. It is a bit suspicious because why would you waste all your feathers for Lolita? 

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Literature: Folktale
Sarah
]]> 2016-12-09 15:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142818742 Frog Went A-Traveling https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142819817 Can you fly like a bird?  Do you enjoy reading folktales?  When Fedja is trying to fly she tries all these ways but do they work out? Read the book Frog Went A-Traveling by Amanda St John to find out. This book is about how Fedja wants to fly but can’t but she is determined to do it.  Fedja will do anything to fly and is working her way through by trying different methods.  This book is a great book and I think 2nd grade and up would like this book because it has talking animals and the things that happen in this book you would never imagine happen in real life. The reason I liked it is because Fedja was creative and invented a way to fly.
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Origin:
Russian
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Reviewed by: Ruby]]> 2016-12-09 15:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142819817 The Gift of the Crocodile https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142821668 Would you trade your life for a doll? Oh no, did Damura trade her life for a doll? Her dad has to marry the lady and the lady will give her the doll she wanted. Damura has to find out what to do before time is up. You can read about Damura’s life decisions in this book by Judy Sierra.

Damura likes this doll that a woman had and the woman made a deal with her that if her dad marries the lady then she would give her the doll. There was a dance in the  other village and the girl who the prince liked would be the bride of the prince. Damura didn’t have anything  to wear so she went to the crocodile who gave her the silk sarong even though it was not hers when her old sarong floated away in the water. She went back to the crocodile and asked the crocodile kindly if she can borrow a sarong for the dance.

I thought that the book was good and it was like Cinderella but slightly different. What made it unusual was there was a talking crocodile like the fairy godmother in Cinderella. I think that my little sister Jadelynn would like this book because she loves fairy tales.

Type of traditional literature:Folktale
Origin:Indonesian
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By: Gabriela
]]> 2016-12-09 15:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142821668 Stone Soup By Marcia Brown https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142822851 Do you like soup? If you do, do you like stone soup? This book is about three soldiers who come to a village and want a place to sleep and something to eat. The whole village hides their food and says they do not have any. The three soldiers offer the people some stone soup. All the people say that you can’t make stone soup. So everyone gives all the food they have and they make stone soup. If you want to learn the ending, read Stone Soup by Marcia Brown.  
I liked this book because I like soup and It is unusual because they are making it out of stone. I think primary students will like this book because it is funny.
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By Naomi 
]]> 2016-12-09 15:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/142822851 Mr. Semolina-Semolinus by Anthony L. Manna and Christodoula Mitakidou https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/143261286 How long can you walk? Can you walk for more than a day? Do you enjoy reading folktales? Would you do anything for your boyfriend, husband, or your crush? Well, a girl called Areti didn’t want the suitors that lived in their town so she made her own kind of man, she only wanted him for herself.  She took almonds, three pounds of sugar, and three pounds of semolina. She pounded the almonds, added the sugar and semolina, and kneaded it all together, and she made herself a man! There was this ugly queen who was more like an ugly witch and she was needy so she took Mr. Semolina-Semolinus. She called him Mr. Semolina-Semolinus.  She would do anything for him. She loved him more than anything in the whole wide world! If that was me I would do anything for that person.
Type of traditional literature:
folktale
Origin:
Greek folktale
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Reviewed by: Clarissa
]]> 2016-12-12 23:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/143261286 The Gingerbread Man https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/145887560 Have you seen a running gingerbread man?

Well, in The Gingerbread Man, he ran away from animals. To find out the rest you have to read The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel.

In the book The Gingerbread  Man,  a little boy takes  the gingerbread man out of the oven and he tries to run away from lot of  animals. But what happens when he meets a fox?

I liked this book because I like gingerbread. I recommend this book to first graders. 
By Madison

]]> 2017-01-09 00:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/145887560 The People Could Fly https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/146933792 Ann Malaspina
If you believe in hope, The People Could Fly is a book that talks about a girl that thought there wasn’t any hope in slavery. That’s when hope to her and the other slaves.

The book is about African slaves that were brought to work on cotton plantations. After months of hard labor, something Spiritual happens. 

I really liked this book because it taught me that even if you’re in a really bad situation there’s always a way of hope to get out of it. What made the story unusual was that there was a very old black slave named Toby that looked like he hated the world and everyone else in it and who would never talk to other people even though he was still a nice man that cured people when sickness came by. Toby told Sarah that he once saw people fly to freedom with his own eyes and that one day they will fly again. That was when one day Sarah realized that she was able to fly to freedom just like the other slaves.
Type of traditional literature: 
Folktale
Origin:
African
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Reviewed by:  Harrysson 
]]> 2017-01-12 21:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/146933792 Asian American folktales by Thomas A. Green. https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/146946904 Do you like princesses? If you do then this story is good for you this story  explains the life of a princess who had a lovely life and she was very brave.

I liked this story because it was very encouraging to read. I recommend this book for 4th graders 

 If you like Princesses and danger you should read this story. Read the Asian American folktales by Thomas A. Green.]]> 2017-01-12 23:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/146946904 One Grain of Rice https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/147284731 By: Demi
Do you think you can get rice for thirty days? Or starve for weeks? The Raja is giving rice to his people but suddenly stops to see would the famine last. A village girl goes to the Raja and says can you give me rice for 30 days to stop hunger.

One Grain of Rice is about a Raja in India who was giving rice to his people and also thinking that he was fair.  But suddenly he stopped giving rice because he wanted to see how long the famine lasted.Then in the village a girl named Rani told the Raja to give her rice for thirty days to give people the ability to eat and stop their hunger. Then later Rani got an award.

I liked this book because it shows you have to be fair. Also you cannot be selfish with anything or people will not share with you, but to be honest I like that Rani helped the animals and people to stop hunger.

I would recommend this book to children who like math while reading stories.
Type of traditional Literature: Folktale
Origin: India
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Reviewed by: Britani
]]> 2017-01-16 05:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/147284731 Why Spiders Spin https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/150327893 Do you ever see any spiders? Do you ever see there webs? long long ago there was a girl who thought she was better at weaving then the great goddess athena and so athena challenged her to a competition of who could weave better. so Arachne  gathered her wool and made her colors and set up her weaving stuff and so did athena but Arachne made fun of athena's father the great god zeus in her weaving picture and anger rises up in athena making her pull out magic water and turned Arachne into a spider!

The book was about a girl who thought she was the best weaver in the land but when athena comes and she insults her Athena challenges her to a weaving competition 
 ._And on the day of the competition the weaving begins AND THE GIRL MAKES FUN OF ATHENAS FATHER IN HER WEAVING ATHENA FINDS OUT and….

I liked this book because it was about goddesses and how the spider came to be and how it made the web.How the spider started weaving.

Type of traditional Literature: Myth
Origin: Greece
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Reviewed by: Jaeda M
]]> 2017-01-30 17:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/150327893 https://padlet.com/clamon/traditionalliterature/wish/1288458389 Bouki cuts wood 

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