Tall Tales & Legends
A pathfinder for grades K-12

Tall Tales and Legends from all over the world can be found in the Library in several different places. Begin your search with the following suggested paths.

Good books to start with.

There are several excellent reference books about Tall Tales & Legends. Use the index of the book to find the words in the boxes below or ask your librarian to help you use the book. Most reference books cannot be checked out.

1. J 398.2 F - Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. San Francisco: Harper, 1984. 

2. R J 291 S - Sedgwick, Paulita. Mythological Creatures. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. 

3. J 291 G - Green, Roger Lancelyn. Book of Myths. Dutton, 1965.

Call numbers to locate other books on this subject: 

292 
296 
394.26 
398.2 
398.22 
920 JB-Juvenile Biography 
LIT-Literacy Collection

How can I learn more about Tall Tales & Legends?

To learn more about Tall Tales & Legends, you will need to use the following important words:

Tall Tales	Legends	Folklore
Tales	Mythology	Folktales

You can use the keywords above to learn more about Tall Tales and Legends. Go to http://www.library.torrnet.com/  and click on NEW! Online Catalog of Books, Videos, CDs, DVDs & More

In the light blue search box, decide what you will search for: 

Subject 
Word or phrase 
Author 
Title 
Series 
Periodical title (Magazines and newspapers are periodicals)

Next, if you add the keywords juvenile literature to one of the keywords in the boxes above, you will find non-fiction items that the library has. If you add the keywords juvenile fiction to one of the keywords in the boxes above, you will find fiction items that the library has.

Where else can I learn more about Tall Tales & Legends?

Go to http://www.library.torrnet.com/  and click on Magazines, Newspapers and other databases to get to the following databases where you can find information from magazines and newspapers:

• World Book Encyclopedia 
              World Book online. This database is available only in the library.
• EBSCO 
              Information from magazines. Go to Our Favorite Websites on the Library Home Page and click on Magazines.

Websites: 

• Urban legends Reference Pages.  
       Modern urban legends listed by subject. Are they true or false?
• Tall Tales and Campfire Stories.   
       Good, scary stories to tell around the campfire or on a rainy night.
• Tall Tales to Go.  
       Fiction, poetry, children's stories, science fiction and fantasy. Original stories by adults from different backgrounds.

Torrance Public Library--Youth Services
(310) 618-5964
www.library.torrnet.com