Folklore & Fairytales Bibliography

• Cinderella Stories
  Traditional, Multicultural and Contemporary Versions
• Michigan Folklore
  Stories about Michigan Folklore
• Tall Tales
  Tall Talk, or exaggerated storytelling, began in the 1800s as a way for Americans to come to terms with the vast inhospitable lands they’d come to inherit. The heroes and heroines of these tales were like the land itself – gigantic, extravagant, restless and flamboyant. The exaggerated feats of courage of the tall-tale characters were born from various combinations of historical fact, the storytelling of ordinary people, and the imagination of professional writers. --American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne