Tall Tales

Preschoolers

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Tall Tales

 

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What are Tall Tales?

  • Stories with unbelievable elements, told as if they were true and factual 
  • Stories with “larger than life” heroes, sometimes based on a real person 

 

Tips for Telling Tall Tales

 

Dramatise the story. Use your voice, body language and facial expression to make the story come alive. You can also make simple costumes or props and use them to tell the story. Encourage your child to do the same by letting them read parts of the story or even act out different characters. 

 

Ask your child which parts of the story sound true and which parts sound impossible. If the story is based on a real person, find out more about them and see if your child guessed correctly.

 

Early Literacy Activities You Can Do with Your Child 

 

  • Make simple costumes and props using paper, cardboard, and colouring materials. Use them to act out different characters and encourage your child to do the same. 
  • Talk about feelings and expressions with your child. Ask them how characters feel as the story progresses and how they would express themselves as the characters. For example, would they jump about to express excitement or curl up when they are sad? 

WATCH ME!

Imagine Your Story: Tall Tale Week - Intro.
This video introduces the origins and characteristics of tall tales and shares a few famous examples.

 

Source: Bootheel 4-H. (2020). Imagine Your Story: Tall Tale Week - Intro [Video]. Youtube. Retrieved December 8, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt1GJBXDO8k

Tall Tale Week - Storytime: Mike Fink.
With lively writing and vibrant illustrations, this story depicts the exciting journey of Mike Fink, the renowned Keelboat Captain in America.

 

Source: Bootheel 4-H. (2020). Tall Tale Week - Storytime: Mike Fink [Video]. Youtube. Retrieved December 8, 2023, from https://youtu.be/VHpEUunsZNo

 

Let's READ!

   

Title: The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer…

By: Davide Calì & Benjamin Chaud 
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC, 2023

Borrow the eBook here.

Retrieved from NLB Overdrive (myLibraryID is required to access the eBook).     

 

Find a Friend

By: Seymour Chwast 
Publisher: United States: Minerva, 2023 
Call No.: English CHW 
Section: Early Literacy Picture Books 

 

Sir Boris the Brave and the Tall Tales Princess 

By: Marc Starbuck 
Publisher: London : Egmont UK Limited, 2018. 

 

 

 

The Incredible Book Eating Boy

 

By: Oliver Jeffers 
Publisher: London: HarperCollins Children's, 2006

 

Borrow the eBook here.

 

Retrieved from NLB Overdrive (myLibraryID is required to access the eBook).

 

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