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Who had a farmhouse so big it was home to a zoo full of prairie animals? Febold Feboldson, that’s who! Whether charming the clouds into a building a rainstorm or convincing a herd of frogs to capture invading grasshoppers, Febold’s adventures will delight young readers as much as they entertained pioneer children crossing the Great Plains in the mid-1800’s. This crafty character is part of America’s great tradition of legends known as “tall tales”—stories that use hyperbole to explain every day events such as trapping the summer heat to save for cold winter night. Meet American’s favorite farmer and open the door to telling tall tales of your own!
In this issue students will:
- read legends
- sequence events in a story
- practice writing friendly letters
- create an original tall tale using hyperbole
- use the newspaper to identify character traits
6 page PDF
