OER Index

This page lists the OER packets created with materials from the Library of Books. You can also create your own packets using these materials; see the PDF Stories, plus these Tips for Working with Public Domain Materials.

1. OER 20 Essential African Folktales. If African folktales are new to you, I'd suggest that you read this packet first.

2. OER African Languages. This packet contains 7 stories which appear both in English and in their original story language: Zulu, Swahili, etc.

3. OER Framed Stories. This packet presents three pairs of stories — one version unframed (just the bare story) and another versions framed by a storytelling scene — for a total of 6 stories.

4. OER C. Kamba Simango. This packet contains Simango's story from the Brownies' Book, plus the work he published with Franz Boas and with Natalie Curtis Burlin.

5. OER Bojabi Tree. This packet includes Rickert's children's book, The Bojabi Tree, along with her (presumed) source, a story in Robert Nassau's book of West African folktales, Where Animals Talk.

6. OER Chain Tales. This packet includes 7 chain tales, including chain of blame, chain of victims, "who is strongest?" and more.

7. OER Proverbs and Riddles. This packet includes 5 stories about proverbs and riddles, plus additional selections of proverbs and riddles found in these folktale books.

8. OER Animal Origins. This packet includes 10 "why" stories like why the bat hides by day, why the hyena limps, etc.

9. OER Other Origin Stories. This packet includes 9 stories about plant origins, the sun and the moon, etc.

10. OER Animal Stories. You will find 8 different animal stories here with various African animals including the ostrich and the crocodile.

11. OER Animals and Humans. These stories feature humans and animals interacting with each other.

12. OER Trickster Rabbit. You will find 8 stories about the trickster rabbit in this packet.

13. OER Trickster Spider. You will find 5 stories about the trickster spider in this packet.

14. OER Trickster Tortoise. You will find 5 stories about the trickster tortoise in this packet.

15. OER Trickster Jackal. You will find 9 stories about the trickster jackal in this packet.

16. OER Other Tricksters. You will find 8 stories about other tricksters, animals and humans, in this packet.

17. OER Trickster Nursemaid. This packet includes 3 African trickster nursemaid stories, plus 2 more from African American sources.

18. OER Tar Baby. This packet includes 4 African tar-baby stories, plus 4 tar-baby stories from the Americas (2 from the U.S., and 2 from the Caribbean).

19. OER Fairy Tales. This packet contains 9 fairy tales featuring princesses, magical animals, and more.

20. OER Heroes and Monsters.  You will find 8 stories here of heroes/heroines and the monsters they overcome.

21. OER Nunda, Eater of People. This is a packet of 3 variations on the story of the swallowing monster known as Nunda, plus a Swahili-English version of the story.

22. OER Other Worlds. These are stories about journeys beyond the everyday world in which we live.

23. OER Brides and Grooms. This is all about drama leading up to a marriage.

24. OER Husbands and Wives. And these stories are about the drama that a marriage can bring.

25. OER Animal Pictures and OER Human Pictures. Each of these packets contains 11 illustrated stories.