Scholastic Folk Tale/Fables Series
| Series Information |
Curricular Areas:
Language Arts |
| Length: 19/3-25-Minute Programs |
| Grade Levels: K-2 |
| Teacher's Guide see below |
Scholastic ETV Consortium |
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This Scholastic series leads your students through the most
popular classic folk tales and fables such as, Chicken Little,
the Emperor's New Clothes and Red Riding Hood. The study
guides provide a comprehensive list of complimentary activities to go
along with each episode.
Episode Descriptions
1 Charlie Needs A Cloak — When Charlie's old cloak becomes
torn and tattered, he spins a new one showing how cloth is made from wool.
(7:28) Study
Guide
2 Chicken Little — When an acorn falls on Chicken
Little's head, she thinks the sky is falling and she gets all her birdbrain
friends to believe it too! When a fox hears their cries for help and dresses
as a police officer, he almost gets away with it until he gets his goose
cooked. (10:31) Study
Guide CC
3 Emperor's New Clothes — A vain emperor who
loves new clothes, wears a royal robe created especially for him by two
swindlers. (9:11) Study
Guide CC
4 Fisherman and His Wife — A wish-granting fish
has the fisherman's wife wishing for more and more - until she ends up
with less. (19:34)
Study Guide CC
5 Five Chinese Brothers — A unique super-natural
strength saves each of the five brothers when one is condemned to death
in this classic story. (10:25) Study
Guide
6 Jonah and the Great Fish — In this well-known
Bible story, Jonah disobeys the Lord and a huge fish is sent to swallow
him up. (4:55)
7 The Litte Red Hen — An industrious, hardworking
hen teaches her friends a thing or two about helping out in this classic
story. (7:11) Study
Guide
8 The Most Wonderful Egg in the World — A king
must choose a princess from among three clucking hens, when each one thinks
she is the prettiest. (5:04)
9 Owl and the Pussy Cat — This is the romantic
tale about a voyage of a seemingly ill-matched pair and the happiness
they find together. (2:53)
10 Princess Furball — A princess in a coat of
a thousand furs hides her identity from a king who falls in love with
her. (16:44) Study
Guide CC
11 The Rainbabies — The moon presents a childless
couple with twelve tiny babies, which they care for with tenderness and
love. In the end they are rewarded with their heart's desire - a real
child to cherish forever. (18:06) Study
Guide
12 Red Riding Hood — James Marshall's Red Riding
Rood is "kind and considerate" to a wolf with charming manners
who has designs on her, and her book-toting granny.
(7:52) Study
Guide
13 Selfish Giant — Little does a selfish giant
know that, when he deliberately keeps children from playing in his garden,
he also keeps out sunshine and happiness. (14:08)
14 The Stonecutter — Tasaku is a lowly stonecutter
who longs for power. Authentic Japanese music on the Japanese instrument
the koto plays on the background of this delightful episode. (5:16) Study
Guide
15 The Swineherd — When a silly, spoiled princess
scorns the love of an honorable prince disguised as a swineherd, the prince
finds a way to steal a few kisses anyway.
(13:18)
16 Three Billy Goats Gruff — A wicked troll
tries in vain to gobble up a family of goats when they go trip-trapping
over his bridge. (5:16)
Study Guide
17 The Three Little Pigs — The classic story,
with a contemporary bend, of three little pigs threatened by a hungry
wolf whose favorite food is pig. (11:29)
18 Ugly Duckling — Only a mother could love
this ugliest of ducklings, teased at every turn for his awkward appearance.
But seasons change - and so does he - into a gloriously graceful swan. (18:48) Study
Guide CC
19 Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens — When Winnie,
who never reads, lifts off with a foxy stranger, sensible Harriet must
use every ounce of energy and brain power to rescue her. James Marshall
at his absolute humorous best. (8:12) Study
Guide CC
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