The handbook for storytellers / Judy Freeman and Caroline Feller Bauer.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015Description: xix, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780838911006
- 0838911005
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 372.677 F855 | Available | 33111008382687 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ideal for both beginners and more experienced storytellers, this exhaustive primer includes everything adults need to start sharing the wonder of stories with children, from babies to tweens. The lively text imparts easy-to-follow guidelines and practical advice on how, when, where, and why to tell stories. Each chapter incorporates a wealth of delectable folktales to read and tell, plus the authors' hand-selected, annotated lists containing hundreds of classic and cutting edge children's books, professional books, and relevant websites. Demonstrating the joy of stories and storytelling, this book
Provides an overview of the history and types of storytelling Shows how to select, learn, prepare, and tell stories Begins with more than two dozen easy-to-learn stories that adults can read today and tell to children tomorrow Looks at the major types of folk and fairy tales, including many sample stories and booklists Offers a comprehensive list of stories reworked, reimagined, reinvented, parodied, satirized or recreated from folk and fairy tales Includes "Favorite Stories to Tell," a compendium of more than 500 suggested tales, easily accessible by subject and theme, from which tellers can find the perfect stories to fit every occasion and begin to build their own repertoire of wonderful tales to tell Provides tips for publicizing and promoting storytelling programsThis handbook instructs, inspires, and entertains like no other resource of its kind.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Welcome to storytelling -- Publicity and promotion -- Program basics -- Selecting, preparing, and telling the story -- Folklore -- Around the world with folk and fairy tales -- More stories to tell -- Our favorite stories.
Since its first publication in 1977, The handbook for storytellers has been a classic in the field of storytelling and children's literature. Filled with original ideas, book lists, and activities for using stories with children, it is designed to help you make each storytime session an enthralling experience.-- (Source of description not identified).