FRACTURED LIBRARY Shona Besselman5344

INSPIRATION…

I THOUGHT MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FRACTURED TALES WAS READING THIS BLUEBONNET NOMINEE:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/rumpelstiltskins-daughter#cart/cleanup

Diane Stanley rethinks, or re-spins, the old tale into a modern and delightful tale of innovation and spunk.

BUT ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE REMINDED ME FRACTURING TALES WAS NOTHING NEW:

RATIONALE:

Developing a vibrant classroom library serves many purposes:

1. Immerse kids in print – let them marinate in it as they read independently, with peers, or small groups.

2. Serve as a foundational source for mentor texts used throughout the year – Students know the story well, so you can return to it to teach skills and concepts very quickly.

3. Provide connections to story structure, writing prompts, character traits and development – these tales allow you to integrate key texts of various cultures with new and innovative twists on those old tales.

4. Inspire students with reading/writing connections – the author styles, approaches, and techniques can become story starters and prompts for independent writing

5. Develop multiple perspectives – many of the tales have roots in historical perspectives about women, morals, and society. The new books allow readers to examine new ideas and beliefs.

6. Introduce archetypes and tropes – these books aren’t just for elementary!

7. Buy one – get one free – The original tales are free so you double your library with the purchase of each text.

CULTURE: 4th graders in Texas study Texas History. What a wonderful opportunity to fracture the library with tales adapted to include themes and icons of the Wild West!

THE COWBOY AND THE BLACK EYED PEA BY TONY JOHNSTON

Similes, alliteration, and a colorful language– all within a frame that imitates Hans Christian Anderson’s The Princess and the Pea. Farethee Well, the main character, is looking for a real cowboy to ride side by side into the sunset. And a black eyed pea under that saddle might just be the thing to route out the posers. But it begins like this: “Out where the coyotes serenade the moon and sagebrush grays the land, there lived a woman of bodacious beauty. Her name was Farethee Well.”  She needs just the right balance of manliness and sensitivity in a man and devises a plan to weed out those less worthy.

RESOURCES FOR THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA Cowboy Caviar: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cowboy-caviar/detail.aspx

Cowboy Fingerplays and activities: http://stepbystepcc.com/wildwest.html

Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Pea

Text: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PriPea.shtml

Annotated Version: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/princesspea/index.html

In script form with songs: http://www.dotdismus.com/samples/PAP-Script-for-easy-reading.pdf

WOWW! Photobook: http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/education/princess-and-the-pea-7025934

THE BOOTMAKER AND THE ELVES BY SUSAN LOWELL

Full of delightful language and vivid verbs, Lowell – along with illustrator Tom Curry’s help – recreates the tale of “The Shoemaker and the Elves.” Only the setting and shoes are twisted from the original, but the tale has a heartwarming tone. “But thanks to the elves, the bootmaker and his wife stayed fat and sassy ever after. And the boots that he made from leather and dreams were the best in the whole wide west.” The book’s language provides many similies “glittered like a fresh-baked pecan pie” and metaphors “I’m a wolf and it’s my might to howl!” and figures of speech “Turn on a biscuit and never break the crest” that promote inferencing and a lot of fun!

RESOURCES FOR THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVES Wikipedia Summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elves_and_the_Shoemaker

MGM Short – The Peachy Cobbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaiHk_G0-Y4

Grimm’s Version: http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-39.html

Ballet clip: http://northernballet.com/?q=elves-and-the-shoemaker

Audio with a British accent - http://www.storynory.com/2007/12/16/the-elves-and-the-shoemaker/

Online book: http://www.shoemakerandtheelves.com/book/164-f2-shoemaker-and-the-elves?s=785072785509e4329115a

Youtube with beautiful illustrations and background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-yH1KeZqU

WAYNETTA AND THE CORNSTALK: A TEXAS FAIRY TALE BY HELEN KETTEMAN

“Once, a whip of a girl named Waynetta lived with her ma on a ranch in the poorest, scrubbiest part of Texas. They worked hard as eight-legged mules, but barely scraped by.” So begins Ketteman’s retelling that includes a Texas cowgirl, a magic cornstalk, and a giant cowboy in the clouds. Full of hyperbole (so thin it took three of them standing together to cast a shadow), Ketteman’s language and rhymes (Fee, fie, foe, fat, I think I smell a cowgirl brat) move the story forward. The golden goose is replaced by a longhorn that “lays” golden patties, the harp by a lariat that never misses, and includes a bucket that never runs out of water. It turns out that the giant had stolen them from the family years earlier! In an unlikely partnership with the giant’s wife, Waynetta saves the day.

RESOURCES FOR JACK AND THE BEANSTALK: Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk

Clips from Mickey Mouse Version - http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mickey+and+the+beanstalk&qpvt=mickey+and+the+beanstalk&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=8D960F13534908AF95238D960F13534908AF9523

Annotated version – tells more information about versions and selected portions of the text - http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/jackbeanstalk/index.html

Full Text - http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-15.html

Animated retelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN_C-eGzEEs

RANDOM FINDING

http://totallyterrificintexas.blogspot.com/2013/03/texas-sized-fractured-fairy-tales.html

Colleen writes a blog about all things for Texas Teacher. In this post, she has wonderful ideas for Texas tales. Each text is paired with a different graphic organizer.

ARMADILLO TATTLETALE BY HELEN KETTLEMAN

Kettleman tells a version of the African legend Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears subplanting the mosquito with a lying Armadillo and other creatures. No one dies in this version, but the Armadillo learns a valuable lesson and ends up having a better life after his long ears are changed into small ones. Repetitive language “Besides, my words were not for your ears!” and vivid verbs “whick-whacked” match the colloquialisms “gave him the what-for and the how-come and the why-not.”

RESOURCES FOR ARMADILLO TATTLETALE Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Mosquitoes_Buzz_in_People%27s_Ears

Narrated by James Earl Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO1K4wXy2CI

Nonfiction Pairing http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/07/05/why-mosquitoes-buzz-in-peoples-ears/

Information on Armadillos: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/tca02

Wikipedia on Armadillos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo

Legends: http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm

http://bestoflegends.org/

BUBBA THE COWBOY PRINCE: A FRACTURED TEXAS TALE BY HELEN KETTEMAN This has to be one of my favorite

books to read aloud. I was lucky enough to get an autograph from the author. In this tale, the fairy godmother is a cow. And Cinderella, well, he’s a boy suffering from the curse of his wicked step daddy and brothers. Miss Lerleen is the rich ranch owner that fits the lost slipper, errrr boot, to Bubba’s dirty foot. They rode of into the sunset while the brothers and their wicked daddy “threw chickenfits.” Part of the fun comes from finding the fairy god cow images throughout the text.

JOE CINDERS BY MARYANNE MITCHELL

In this case, all an orphan cowboy needs is a fairy godfella. "Way out West, where dreams come true, lived a poor cowboy named Joe Cinders.“ So begins a tale where stepbrothers Buck, Bart and Butch leave poor Joe at the farm while they head to Miss Rosalinda’s fiesta. Joe knows just what to do after the godfella sets him up clean and purdy. An escaped prize bull enables him to strut his stuff.

CINDY ELLEN: A WILD WESTERN CINDERELLA BY SUSAN LOWELL

“Cinderbottom” or “Sanderella” suffers from the abuse of a stepmother and stepsisters while the father is still alive. Instead of a ball, there’s a rodeo and the fairy godmother totes a golden pistol. The best part of the story is summed up in this sentiment: “Magic is plumb worthless without gumption.” Cindy went to the rodeo, but returns with her gumption intact to face her family. The next time the godmother arrives, she’s rustles up a stagecoach and driver from a squash and a fat pack rat. Cindy rushes off in new duds to the rodeo dance wearing diamond spurs. Of course, you know the ending, but Lowell adds an informational piece at the end about real cowgirls and rodeos.

RESOURCES FOR CINDERELLA CUTE video of kids doing a Reader’s Theatre of Bubba The Cowboy Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rFsum1b2q8

Cinderella Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella

Disney’s Cinderella Page where you can hear her story: http://princess.disney.com/cinderella

Not so nice? http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/03/cinderella-fairy-tale

From other cultures: http://www.lowvilleacademy.org/webpages/MBlow/cinderella.cfm?subpage=868111

The texts from other cultures: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html

With videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i59QiuRpzTg

Annotated version with historical information - http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/index.html

JOSEFINA JAVELINA: A HAIRY TALE BY SUSAN LOWELL

While the connection to a specific tale is not readily discernable in this text, a nostalgic combination of Aesop’s A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and Country Mouse and Town Mouse form the basis for the tale of Josefina Javelina, actor, singer, and dancer hoping to make it big in Hollywood. Little rhymes and songs punctuate the text along with onomatopoeia as Josefina dances and sings her way out of trouble and into fame – but she never forgets her love of home where “skunks, snakes, centipedes, and scorpions” are welcome guests at a party and the coyote sings the blues way off in the distance.

RESOURCES FOR A SHEEP AND COUNTRY MOUSE Aesop: A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/WolShe.shtml

Wikipedia for A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_in_sheep%27s_clothing

Wikipedia for Country Mouse/City Mouse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_Mouse_and_the_Country_Mouse

Video – Country and City Mouse in the wild west - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvAKUpzKNUc

Versions of Town and Country Mouse from different countries: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0112.html

RANDOM FINDING: TEXAS READING LIST http://blog.hmns.org/2011/03/kids-reading-list-texas-tales/

Click on the second blue link for a book list divided by grade level.

THE THREE LITTLE JAVELINAS BY SUSAN LOWELL

These three little pigs live in the Sonoron Dessert spreading their “chili-flavored version of a classic tale. The Spanish influence is a great addition even if it doesn’t take place in Texas. The illustrations alternate between beauty of the landscape and the caricatures of the javelinas’ antics. It’s the perfect backdrop to a text that builds information about the environment and local peoples into the narrative. Lowell even manages to develop the character of the coyote as a trickster, capitalizing on the stories of the southwestern Indians. Her respectful treatment of the area and peoples adds much to the tale. Like many modern retellings, the smart character is portrayed as a woman, while the bumbling minor characters are men.

THREE LITTLE TAMALES BY ERIC KIMMEL

A couple in Texas make tamales. While the tamales cool on the windowsill, a runaway tortilla rolls by to warn them of their fate. Sagebrush, cornstalks, and cactus form the building materials for the runaway delicacies. And the big bad wolf is replaced by Senor Lobo! After defeating the wolf, the friends all have a party with the tortillas. This fun tale rounds out an old favorite into the Texas landscape. The glossary at the end is a celebration of Texas words and foods.

RESOURCES FOR THE THREE LITTLE PIGS: Information and video about javelinas: http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/urban_javelina.shtml

Sonoran Dessert: http://www.desertusa.com/sonoran-desert.html

Tahono O’Odham Tribe: http://www.tonation-nsn.gov/

More about adobe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe

Wikipedia site for The Three Little Pigs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Little_Pigs

This version includes music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olo923T2HQ4

Text versions from other countries: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0124.html

RANDOM FINDING:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson_classification_system

People who study folk tales divide them into categories using the Aarne-Thompson Index. They look at the narrative structures and plot patterns rather than the actions of the characters. The major categories are: Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Religious Tales, Realistic Tales, Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Giant, or Devil, Jokes and Anecdotes, and Formula Tales. The scale records 2399 separate tales. The three little pigs is type number 124.

THE THREE CABRITOS BY ERIC A KIMMEL

Three goats leave their ranch near the Rio Grande and cross the border for a fiesta in Mexico. Their mother warns them of the Chupacabra – the goat-sucker. Unafraid, they all face the monster and setting up the next brother for the meal. Fortunately, the oldest goat has a magic accordion. The chupacabra cannot stop dancing and dries up like an old cactus. The book ends with a cute twist. “No one had to worry about Chupacabra anymore. So they say. But as for me, whenever I cross over that bridge into Mexico, I make sure to carry my harmonica in my pocket. Just in case.” This book would be an excellent connection into dichos and Mexican culture still prevalent in Texas lives.

THE THREE ARMADILLIES TOUGH BY JACKIE MIMS HOPKINS

These three Armadillies cross the road to get to the dance hall. But a sneaky coyote hides in the culvert. Smooth talking and some comeuppance are in order as these ladies show the lonely coyote “what for!” And armadilly chilli, boots, and a handbag aren’t what she ends up with. The ending is a surprise twist from the original Three Billy Goats Gruff that will have you laughing.

The author’s website is also full of fun and resources.

http://www.armadillies.com/

RESOURCES FOR THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff

BBC recording and video Frank Luther: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaoxI1DO6Sk

Text versions from other countries: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122e.html

Eat me when I’m fatter types: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0122f.html

Image search to show different versions and can show how it sets different tones: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=billy+goats+gruff&qpvt=billy+goats+gruff&qpvt=billy+goats+gruff&FORM=IGRE

Toys used for storytelling: https://www.etsy.com/search?q=billy+goat+gruff

Build a bridge activity: http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/32075

Nonfiction Connection/Recipe – (morbid, but I just couldn’t help it!) http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/menu-cabrito

RANDOM FINDING

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/11/fractured-fairy-tales.html

Alison McDonald shares more fractured tales and summarizes them on her blog.

LITTLE RED COWBOY HAT BY SUSAN LOWELL

“Once upon a ranch, far away in the wilds of the West, there lived a little girl with red, red hair…a fine color somewhere between firecrackers and new pennies.” A fine beginning that continues with onomatopoeia “skree skree” of the windmills and creepy wolf who calls the heroine pumpkin, dumpling, and finally a delicious morsel. In a fun twist, grandma herself storms into the room and they chase off the wolf together. “That yellow-bellied, snake-blooded, skunk-eyed, rancid son of a parallelogram! This time he picked the wrong grandma.” But this text is a lovely take on a familiar tale. It does not merely imitate the tale, but devises a clever way that the characters can solve their own dillemas.

RESOURCES FOR LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD: Wolves in Texas: http://wildworldofwolves.tripod.com/id37.htm

Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood

Grimm version: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LittRed.shtml

Other versions: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html

Storyboard: http://www.storyboardthat.com/userboards/maryamsec51/little-red-riding-hood

Schooltube: http://www.schooltube.com/video/76e48914b8febf064f47/Little%20Red%20Riding%20Hood:%20Gentler%20Version

THE RUNAWAY TORTILLA BY ERIC KIMMEL

Tia Lupe makes a tortilla so light that it rises up and runs away. The rhyme for this version goes like this: “Run as fast as can be. You won’t get a bit of me. Doesn’t matter what you do. I’ll be far ahead of you.” Two toads, three donkeys, four jackrabbits and more - a cumulative tale – join the race leaping, trotting, scampering. When the crowd grows tired and returns home, the tortilla is tricked by Senor Coyote with the lure of sharing a treasure. Counting, verb choice, repetitive language all make the reading delightful and engaging. The red strip of the tortilla’s song trails along each page like a flowing ribbon that students would enjoy.

THE GINGERBREAD COWBOY BY JANET SQUIRES

The refrain in this version goes like this: “Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man.” This time, he runs away from the rancher. He braves the javelinas and cattle, but again is no match for the coyote. Squires, along with Berry’s illustrations, add a western flair to this old tale.

THE JALAPEÑO MAN BY DEBBIE LELAND

Leland mixes in the landscape and icons of the west while the Jalapeno Man runs away. Through swinging doors and across front porches, windmills, wagon wheels, tumbleweeds, and thunderstorms can’t catch him. “Yippi yi yay!” he calls across the plains. Ultimately, he meets his unfortunate end and kids learn that it might be good to be fast, but being smart is better. Without brains, you might as well be a bandit running from the law.

SENORITA GORDITA BY HELEN KETTEMAN

Arana, the spider makes a gordita that ran away. The little fried pastry runs into various creatures that try to trick her and end up as members of the chase. An owl replaces the traditional wolf and ends by saying, “Being zip-zoom-fast is good, senorita. But being smart is better.” A glossary is included, as all the names of the indigenous animals are in Spanish. A recipe for gorditas is also included. The repetitive tale and rhythm of the text make for a lively reading. Verb choices add to the whimsy – “skittered”, “airstreamed,” and “gassed”– as do the figures of speech – “pedal to the medal.”

RESOURCES FOR THE GINGERBREAD MAN: Recipe for a tortilla: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Homemade-Flour-Tortillas/

Images of the Rio Grande landscape: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Rio+Grande+landscape&FORM=HDRSC2

Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gingerbread_Man

Schooltube: http://www.schooltube.com/video/1301cb35c23072425b6c/The-Gingerbread-Man-read-by-John-Krasinski-by-Speakaboos

Read aloud and text - http://www.english-time.eu/for-teachers/fairy-tale/276-the-gingerbread-man/

Annotated version: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/gingerbread/index.html

RANDOM FINDING

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/cowboys-castles-interacting-with-156.html

Read Write Think always has good stuff to share. In this case, a great layout and lesson plan is available. There is even an interactive app that allows students to type in the ways they want to change existing fairy tales and print out the result. Fun stuff.

THE HORNED TOAD PRINCE BY

A spunky cowgirl makes a promise to a horned toad to help retrieve her hat. She doesn’t really want to keep her word and makes a huge fuss about it. When the third promise happens to give him a kiss, he turns into a handsome Mexican cowboy. But in this tale, the girl doesn’t get the guy. She has been so perfectly awful that he rides of into the sunset alone and she’s left to consider her rude treatment of him.

The Spanish code-switching and words in this text are a delightful addition to a twisted retelling of The Princess and the Frog.

RESOURCES FOR THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Website for the book: http://hornedtoad.peachtree-online.com/

Lesson Resources: http://mrswarnerarlington.weebly.com/unit-14-the-horned-toad-prince.html

Grimm Version: http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-12.html

Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince

Russian version where the princess is the frog! http://fairytaledust.com/the-frog-princess-the-prince-who-marries-a-frog-story/

Horned Toads information: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/horned_lizard/facts/

TEXAS MOTHER GOOSE BY DAVID DAVIS

Let’s not forget poetry. "Mary Had a White-Faced Calf," "There Was an Old Cowgirl Who Lived in a Boot," "Cactus Jack Horner,“ all imitate the original forms of Old Mother Goose. The Western illustrations add to the humor and enjoyment of the text. Teachers could use this text to show how using imitation can allow writers to transform any text into a frame for their own topics and writing.

RESOURCES FOR MOTHER GOOSE Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose

Videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/MotherGooseClub

Online text - http://www.fidella.com/trmg/contents.html

Celebrating Mother Goose: http://www.librarysupport.net/mothergoosesociety/tips.html

Harry Noden – Sentence Imitation - http://www3.uakron.edu/noden/

ARMADILLY CHILLI BY HELEN KETTEMAN

Tex the tarantula, Mackie the bluebird, and Taffy the horned toad all miss out on Miss Billie Armadilli’s chili because they just can’t be bothered. But when the blue norther hits, they are ready to dive into a great smelling pot of goodness. Featured by the Alamo on their website, I bet you find something more in the illustrations.

Listen to the rhythm of the language: Miss Billy Armadilly skit-skat-skittered down the lane. "A blue norther's a-blowin' and my old, cold bones are rattling for a pot of hot armadilly chili," she said.

RESOURCES FOR THE LITTLE RED HEN Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Hen

Economics lesson!!! http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lid=389&type=educator

Lovely online reading from an African American lady – just lovely http://www.knowitall.org/gullahtales/tales/redhen/flash/english.html

Play form: http://www.csuchico.edu/~cguenter/FourArts/DR/DRredhen.html

Video: http://wn.com/the_little_red_hen

Song: http://www.songsforteaching.com/avni/littleredhen.htm

Reader’s Theatre with masks: http://www.thewiseowlfactory.com/Little-Red-Hen-readers-theater-play.pdf

FRACTURED TALESSome tales don’t mimic existing tales like the previous ones. Some of them just mess with our sense of archetypes.

SAVING SWEETNESS BY DIANE STANLEY

Diane Stanley turns an orphan into a hero while the bumbling Sherriff falls into Sweetness’ plan for a better life. The Sherriff thinks he is saving the little girl, but she’s the one who is on top of things. This tale is full of idioms and ironies and the lovely collage illustrations of Karas help tell a secondary story that helps with inferences.

The language is delightful "Mrs. Sump doesn't much like seein' the orphans restin' or havin' any fun, so she puts 'em to scrubbin' the floor with toothbrushes. Even the ittiest, bittiest orphan, little Sweetness. So one day, Sweetness hit the road."

The best part of the text is how Stanley artfully turns everyone’s expectations about who really needs saving into a heartwarming tale. I only wish there were more like it!

RESOURCES FOR SAVING SWEETNESS Sequel: http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Sweetness-Picture-Puffin-Books/dp/0698119622/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1EM0WCGN0HJN21T04H8C

Lists of books about orphans: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16028.Best_Books_About_Orphans_

SOURCES: IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/rumpelstiltskins-daughter#cart/cleanup “Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter” a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2krChQmJow – “Leaping Beauty”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2krChQmJow – Great Video on Embedding Video in PowerPoint 2013.

Image sources for selected texts are included in the notes of the appropriate slides.

Kimmel, Eric. (1992). The cowboy and the blackeyed pea. New York: Putnam and Grossett.

Lowell, Susan. (1997). The bootmaker and the elves. New York: Orchard Books.

Ketteman, Helen. (2007). Waynetta and the cornstalk: A Texas fairy tale. Morton Grove: Albert Whitman & Company.

Ketteman, Helen. (2000). Armadillo tattletale. New York: Scholastic.

Ketteman, Helen. (1997). Bubba the cowboy prince: A fractured Texas fairy tale. New York: Scholastic Press.

Lowell, Susan. (2000). Cindy Ellen: A wild western Cinderella. New York: Joanna Colter Books.

Mitchell, Maryanne. (2002). Joe cinders. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Lowell, Susan. (2005). Josefina javelina: A hairy tale. Flagstaff: Rising Moon Books.

Lowell, Susan. (1992). The three little javelinas. Flagstaff: Rising Moon Books.

Kimmel, Eric. (2007). The three cabritos. New York: Michael Cavendish.

Mims-Hopkins, Jackie. (2011). The three armadillies tuff. New York: Peachtree Press.

Lowell, Susan. (1997). Little red cowboy hat. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Kimmel, Eric. (2000). The runaway tortilla. New York: Winslow House.

Squires, Janet. (2006). The gingerbread cowboy. New York: Harper Collins.

Leeland, Debbie. (2000). The jalapeno man. New York: Wildflower Run.

Ketteman, Helen. (2012). Senorita gordita. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company.

Mims-Hopkins, Jackie. (2010). The horned toad prince. New York: Peachtree Press.

David, Davis. (2006). Texas Mother Goose. New York: Pelican Publishing.

Ketteman, Helen. (2004). Armadilly chili. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company.

Stanley, Diane. (2001). Saving sweetness. New York: Puffin Books.