Animal Folk Tales of America contains many famous stories told throughout American history, adapted by Caldecott Honor-winner Tony Palazzo. Legends in this text include Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The Jumping Frog, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Sweet Betsy, and others. The Animal Folk Tales of America Student Guide trains students to become active readers by providing in-depth word studies that help students build vocabulary as well as comprehension questions to teach students to identify important concepts and compose clear, concise answers to questions.
The Animal Folk Tales of America Student Guide features teaching guidelines, vocabulary work, comprehension questions, discussion prompts, and downloadable enrichment and assessment pages.