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Join us for some really Tall Tales. We've got giant mosquitoes, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Brer Rabbit, and folklore stories that will make you laugh so hard you'll bust a gusset! After you've read a few, e-mail us one of your favorite tall tales.

Native American mythology has a very rich cultural history of its own. In the telling of tales, many things can be taught or learned. This is one of the ways that many tribes kept their cultures alive; it was not just a collection of stories, but of their beliefs, their ways, and their lives.

Many trickster tales are also pourquoi stories, giving us explanations for certain animals' appearances and occurrences in our world. Trickster tales provide comic relief but also explain how humans came to have the knowledge they possess. Many people around the world find the trickster intriguing.

Pourquoi means "Why?" in French. Pourquoi stories have been around as folktales for many years dating back to our Native Americans. Mrs. Jepsen's third grade class worked hard to create their own, original Pourquoi tales. Each story was written by a group of students and answers the wonderings of "why" or "how" questions about animals.

Lightly illustrated Aesop's fables to print

There once lived in a bitty townsfolk in Crockery a man named Hok Lee. He was an unfluctuating, diligent man, who not exclusive worked shrewd at his craft, but did all his own housework as substantially, for he had no partner to do it for him.