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.

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Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan,

and Mike Fink were mythical

men but their feats of brawn

and muscle were required to

help develop America.

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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.......

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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.

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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