Pourquois Tales - explain why something is the way it is, for example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes.

Watch Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears on PBS. See more from WENH.

Watch A Story, A Story: An African Tale on PBS. See more from WENH.

http://www.library.illinois.edu/blog/esslchildlit/archives/2011/04/pourquoi_tales.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/pourquoi-stories-creating-tales-324.html