Dianne Hackworth, Storyteller: Resources

Bibliography

Today there are more books on the subject of storytelling than most of us have time to read and study. However, it is always good to have a list of the best of these books handy just in case we do have a spare moment and don't want to loose time looking up the books we should read to fill our particular need.
Many of us are beginners and may not have a clue where to start. Some of us have been telling for years, but haven't taken the time to study the field of storytelling as we should. This list I have compiled really only scratches the surface. (It doesn't even touch on resources available by internet) I'm sure to have left out what someone considers the authoritative book on the subject and of course, there are new books being published every day, but I hope this will give you something to start with.
Now, for those who really don't have time to read all these fabulous books, let me tell you, in a synopsis, what they say. If you are going to tell personal or family stories, make them interesting. If you want to teach something, it is best learned through story. Look for stories that can be incorporated in history, science, and even math! When researching for a folk or fairy tale to tell, look for as many sources as you can find. Go to the older published works (this also helps you avoid that copyright issue!) and read, read, read.
Oh! Doing all that requires you to read, read, read! Ahhhh! The life of a storyteller!
Happy Reading! (And Telling!!!)

►   STORYTELLING SKILL AND METHODS

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  • The Art of the Story-Teller - Marie L. Shedlock 
  • NY: Dover Publications, 1951 
  • The Art of Storytelling: Creative Ideas for Preparation and Performance - Marsh Cassady 
  • Colorado Springs, CO: Meriwether, 1994 
  • Caroline Feller Bauer's New Handbook for Storytellers - Caroline Feller Bauer 
  • Chicago: American Library Association, 1993 
  • Children Tell Stories: A Teaching Guide - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Katonah, NY: Richard Owen, 1990 
  • Creative Storytelling: Building Community, Changing Lives - Jack Zipes 
  • New York: Routledge, 1995 
  • Creative Storytelling: Choosing, Inventing, and Sharing Tales for Children - Jack Maguire. 
  • Cambridge, MA: Yellow Moon Press, 1985 
  • Improving Your Storytelling - Doug Lipman 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House 1999 
  • Just Enough to Make a Story: a Sourcebook for Storytelling - Nancy Schimmel 
  • Berkeley, CA: Sister's Choice Press, 1982, 1989 
  • Make Money Performing In Schools: The Definitve Guide To Developing, Marketing, & Presenting School Assembly Programs- David Heflick 
  • Orient, WA: Silcox Productions, 1996 
  • Once Upon A Time: A Storytelling Handbook - Lucille N. Breneman and Bren Breneman 
  • Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1983 
  • The Parent's Guide to Storytelling - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • NY: HarperCollins, 1995 
  • Story$Sells - Elizabeth Gibson 
  • 1999 ISBN: 0965111652 
  • Storyteller - Ramon Royal Ross 
  • Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1980. 3rd edition 
  • The Storytelling Coach: How to Listen, Praise, and Bring Out People's Best - Doug Lipman 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1995 
  • The Storytelling Handbook: A Young People's Collection of Unusual Tales and Helpful Hints on How to Tell Them - Anne Pellowski 
  • NY: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995 
  • Storytelling Process and Practice - Norma Livo and Sandra A. Rietz 
  • Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1986 
  • The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • Detroit, MI: Neal Schuman, 1982 
  • The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing, and Using Folktales Including Twelve Tellable Tales - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993. 
  • Storytelling Step by Step - Marsh Cassady 
  • San Jose, CA: Resource Publications, 1990 
  • Telling Your Own Stories - Donald Davis 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales For the Beginning Storyteller 
  • Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • NY: Wilson, 1986 
  • The Way of the Storyteller - Ruth Sawyer 
  • NY: Viking Press, 1942

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►   STORYTELLING AND EDUCATION

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  • And None of It Was Nonsense: The Power of Storytelling In the Classroom - Betty Rosen 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1988 
  • Beyond The Beanstalk: Interdisciplinary Learning Through Storytelling - Lynn Rubright 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1996 
  • Children Tell Stories: A Teaching Guide - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Katonah, NY: Richard Owen, 1990 
  • Close Encounters With Deadly Dangers - Kendall Haven 
  • Englewood, CO: Teacher Idea Press, 
  • An Elementary Odyssey: Teaching Ancient Civilization Through Story - David H. Millstone 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995 
  • Figures, Facts, and Fables: Telling Tales In Science and Math - Barbara Lipke. 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1996 
  • Give a Listen: Stories of Storytelling In School - Ann M. Trousdale 
  • Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994 
  • How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1999 
  • Imagination In Teaching and Learning: The Middle School Years - Kieran Egan. 
  • Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992 
  • Keepers of the Earth: Native-American Stories and Environmental Activities - Joseph Bruchac 
  • Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 1989 
  • Keepsakes: Using Family Stories in Elementary Classrooms - Linda Winston 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997 
  • Learning From the Land: Teaching Ecology Through Stories and Activities - Brian "Fox" 
  • Ellis Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1997 
  • Marvels of Science - Kendall Haven 
  • Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994 
  • Marvels of Math - Kendall Haven 
  • Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998 
  • Medieval Knight, Read Me A Book! - Adrienne Wigdortz Anderson 
  • Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999 
  • The Moral of the Story: Folktales for Character Development - Bobby and Sherry Norfolk 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1999 
  • The Need For Story: Cultural Diversity In Classroom and Community - Anne Haas Dyson and Celia Genishi. 
  • Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994 
  • Once Upon A Time: Using Stories In the Language Classroom John Morgan and Mario Rinvolucri 
  • Cambridge; NY: Cambridge University Press, 1983 
  • One Voice: Music and Stories In the Classroom - Barbara M. Britsch and Amy Dennison-Tansey 
  • Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1995 
  • The Ordinary and the Fabulous: An Introduction to Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales- Elizabeth Cook  
  • NY: Cambridge University Press, 1976 
  • The Power of Storytelling: A Step-By-Step Guide To Dramatic Learning in K-12 - Harriet Mason 
  • Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 1996 
  • Stories From the Heart: Teachers and Students Researching Their Literacy Lives - Richard J. Meyer 
  • Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996 
  • Stories in My Pocket: Tales Kids Can Tell - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Fulcrum, 1996 
  • Stories in the Classroom: Storytelling, Reading Aloud and Roleplaying with Children - Bob Barton and David Booth Portsmouth 
  • NH: Heineman, 1990 
  • Storyteller, Storyteacher:Discovering the Power of Storytelling for Teaching and Living - Marni Gillard  
  • York, ME: Stenhouse,1996 
  • Storytelling For Young Adults: Techniques and Treasury - Gail de Vos 
  • Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991 
  • Storytelling Games: Creative Activities for Language, Communication, and Composition Across the Curriculum - Doug Lipman 
  • Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1995. 
  • Storytelling With Shapes & Numbers - Valerie Marsh 
  • Ft. Atkinson, WI: Alleyside Press, 1999 
  • Tales as Tools: The Power of Story in the Classroom - National Storytelling Association  
  • Jonesborough, TN: National Storytelling Press, 1994 
  • Teaching As Storytelling: An Alternative Approach To Teaching and Curriculum In the Elementary School - Kieran Egan 
  • Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989 
  • Teaching Through Stories: Yours, Mine, and Theirs - Betty Roe, Suellen Alfred, Sandy Smith 
  • Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1998 
  • Tell It Again! : Easy-To-Tell Stories With Activities For Young Children - Rebecca Isbell and Shirley C. Raines (Also Tell It Again! 2, Published 2000) 
  • Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House, 1999 
  • Tell Me Another: Storytelling and Reading Aloud at Home, at School, and in the Community 
  • Bob Barton Portsmouth, NH: Heineman 1986. 
  • Write Right!: Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques - Kendall Haven 
  • Englewood, CO: Teacher Ideas Press, 1999 
  • Writing As A Second Language: From Experience To Story To Prose - Donald Davis 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 2000

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►   COLLECTIONS OF STORIES FOR TELLING

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- (don't forget to check out the 398.2 section of your library

  • The principle series of authentic texts (given in the exact words of traditional tellers) is published by the University of Chicago Press (Folktales of the World). Each volume is edited by a folklorist from the culture involved. Titles include: 
  • Folktales of Chile 
  • Folktales of India 
  • Folktales of China 
  • Folktales of Ireland 
  • Folktales of England 
  • Folktales of Israel 
  • Folktales of France 
  • Folktales of Japan 
  • Folktales of Germany 
  • Folktales of Mexico 
  • Folktales of Greece 
  • Folktales of Norway 
  • Folktales of Hungary 
  • The principle series of rewritten folktale texts is published by Pantheon. Titles include: 
  • African Folktales 
  • Afro-American Folktales 
  • American Indian Myths and Legends 
  • British Folktales 
  • Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies 
  • Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 
  • Irish Folktales 
  • Italian Folktales 
  • Russian Fairy Tales 
  • Swedish Folktales 
  • Virginia Haviland also has an extensive series published by Little, Brown and Co. 
  • Favorite Fairy Tales Told In: 
  • England 
  • Germany 
  • France 
  • Norway 
  • Ireland 
  • Poland 
  • Russia 
  • Scotland 
  • Spain 
  • Best-Loved Tales: Told at the National Storytelling Festival - National Storytelling Association 
  • Jonesborough, TN: National Storytelling Press, 1991 
  • Homespun: Tales from America's Favorite Storytellers - Smith, Jimmy Neil 
  • NY: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1988 
  • How Rabbit Tricked Otter and Other Cherokee Trickster Tales - Gayle Ross 
  • NY: Harper Collins, 1994 
  • Joining In: An Anthology of Audience Participation Stories and How to Tell Them - Norma Livo, ed. Compiled by Teresa Miller, Cambridge, MA:  
  • Yellow Moon Press, 1988 
  • Many Voices: True Tales from America's Past - National Storytelling Association 
  • Jonesborough, TN: National Storytelling Press, 1995 
  • More Best-Loved Tales: Told at the National Storytelling Festival - National Storytelling Association  
  • Jonesborough, TN: National Storytelling Press, 1992 
  • Ready-to-Tell Tales: Surefire Stories from America's Favorite Storytellers - edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Shake-it-up tales! : Stories To Sing, Dance, Drum, and Act Out - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 2000 
  • Spinning Tales, Weaving Hope: Stories of Peace, Justice and the Environment - Ed Brody, et al  
  • Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 1992 
  • Stories in My Pocket: Tales Kids Can Tell - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Fulcrum, 1996 
  • The Storytellers Sourcebook - Margaret Read Macdonald 
  • Detroit: Gale Research, 1982 
  • A Treasury Of Trickster Tales Valerie Marsh 
  • Fort Atkinson, WI: Alleyside Press, 1997 
  • Twice Upon A Time: Stories To Tell, Retell, Act Out, and Write About -Judy Sierra and 
  • Robert Kaminski 
  • Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1989 
  • Why the Possum's Tail is Bare and Other Classic Southern Stories - compiled by Jimmy Neil Smith 
  • Avon Books, 1993

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►   MULTICULTURAL COLLECTIONS

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  • African-American Folktales for Young Readers - Richard Young and Judy Dockery Young 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993 
  • Apples From Heaven: Stories About Stories and Storytelling - Naomi Baltuk 
  • North Haven, CT: Linnet Books, The Shoestring Press, 1995 
  • Best-Loved Folktales of the World - Joanna Cole 
  • Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982 
  • Celebrate the World: Twenty Tellable Folktales For Multicultural Festivals - Margaret Read McDonald 
  • Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1994 
  • Chosen Tales: Stories Told By Jewish Storytellers - Peninnah Schram 
  • Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1995 
  • Earth Care: World Folktales To Talk About Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • North Haven, Conn: Linnet Books, 1999 
  • Eleven Nature Tales: A Multicultural Journey Pleasant DeSpain 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1996 
  • Eleven Turtle Tales: Adventure Tales From Around the World Pleasant DeSpain 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Favorite Folktales from Around the World - Jane Yolen 
  • NY: Pantheon Books, 1986 
  • Folktales Told Around the World Richard M. Dorson 
  • Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975 
  • The Golden Hoard: Myths and Legends of the World - retold by Geraldine McCaughrean 
  • Margaret K. McEldery Books, 1995 
  • Grandfather Tales - Richard Chase 
  • Boston: Houghton, 1948 
  • Here Comes the Storyteller - Joe Hayes 
  • El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 1996 
  • How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell - Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1999 
  • In the Valley of the Ancients: A Book of Native American Legends - Lou Cuevas 
  • Albuquerque, NM: Petroglyph National Monument, 1996 
  • Jack Tales - Richard Chase 
  • Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943 
  • Jump Up and Say! A Collection of Black Storytelling - Linda Goss and Clay Goss 
  • NY: Simon and Schuster, 1995 
  • Keepers of the Earth: Native-American Stories and Environmental Activities - Joseph Bruchac 
  • Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 1989 
  • One Hundred Favorite Folktales - Stith Thompson 
  • Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968 
  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales - Virginia Hamilton 
  • NY: Knopf, 1985. 
  • The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales - Diane Wolkstein 
  • NY: Schocken, 1980 
  • Multicultural Folktales: Stories To Tell Young Children - Judy Sierra & Robert Kaminski 
  • Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1991 
  • Nursery Tales from Around the World - Judy Sierra 
  • NY: Clarion Books, 1996 
  • Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World - George Shannon 
  • NY: Greenwillow Books, 1985 
  • Storytellers: Folktales & Legends From the South - edited by John A. Burrison 
  • Athens: University of Georgia Press, 
  • Story Vine: A Sourcebook of Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories From Around the World - Anne Pellowski 
  • NY: Collier Macmillan, 1984 
  • Tales for Telling: From Around the World - selected by Mary Medlicott 
  • Kingfisher Books, 1992, 1991 
  • Thirty-three Multicultural Tales to Tell - Pleasant DeSpain 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993 
  • Trickster Tales: Forty Stories from Around the World - retold by Josepha Sherman 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1996 
  • Twenty-two Splendid Tales to Tell From Around the World - Pleasant DeSpain 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Wisdom Tales From Around The World - Heather Forest 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1996 
  • Wonder Tales from Around the World. - Heather Forest 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1995 
  • World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection - Atelia Clarkson and Gilbert B. Cross 
  • NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980

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►   TELLING PERSONAL AND FAMILY STORIES

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  • A Celebration of American Family Folklore - Steven J. Zeitlin, et al. 
  • Cambridge, MA: Yellow Moon Press, 1982 
  • Creating A Family Storytelling Tradition: Awakening the Hidden Storyteller - Robin Moore 
  • Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998 
  • Keeping Family Stories Alive - Vera Rosenbluth 
  • Point Roberts, WA: Hartly & Marks, Inc. 
  • Keepsakes: Using Family Stories in Elementary Classrooms - Linda Winston 
  • Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997 
  • The Power of Personal Storytelling - Jack Maguire 
  • NY: Jeremy P Tarcher/Putnam, 1998 
  • Strudel Stories - Joanne Rocklin 
  • NY: Delacorte Press, 1999 
  • Telling Your Own Stories - Donald Davis 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Your Family History: How to use oral history, personal family archives, and public documents to discover your heritage - Allan J Lichtman 
  • NY: Random House, 1978.

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►   ABOUT STORYTELLING

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  • Burning Brightly: New Light on Old Tales Told Today - Kay Stone 
  • Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview, 1998 
  • The Folktale - Stith Thompson 
  • NY: Dryden, 1946 
  • Effects of Storytelling: An Ancient Art for Modern Classrooms - Catharine Horne Farrell and Denise D. Nessel 
  • Fund, 1982 
  • Jack In Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and Their Tellers edited by William Bernard McCarthy; tales edited by William Bernard McCarthy, Cheryl Oxford, Joseph Daniel Sobol 
  • Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1994 
  • Jackie Tales: The Magic of Creating Stories and the Art of Telling Them - by Jackie Torrence 
  • NY: Avon Books, 1998 
  • Nursery Tales Around the World - Judy Sierra 
  • NY: Clarion, 1996 
  • The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales - the Western fairytale tradition from medieval to modern - Jack Zipes, editor 
  • London/NY: Oxford University Press, 2000 
  • The Parent's Guide to Storytelling - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • NY: HarperCollins, 1995 
  • The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell 
  • NY: Doubleday, 1988 
  • Putting the World in a Nutshell: The Art of the Formula Tale - Sheila Dailey 
  • Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1994 
  • Storytelling Folklore Sourcebook - Norma J. Livo, Sandra A. Rietz 
  • Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1991 
  • The Storyteller's Journal: An American Revival - Joseph Sobol 
  • Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999 
  • Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative - Richard Bauman 
  • Cambridge, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1986 
  • Storytellers' Research Guide: Folktales Myths and Legends - Judy Sierra 
  • Eugene, OR: Folkprint, 1996 
  • Storytelling: A Selected Annotated Bibliography - Ellin Greene and George Shannon 
  • NY: Garland Pub, 1986 
  • Storytelling: Art & Technique - Augusta Baker and Ellin Greene 
  • NY: R. R. Bowker, 1977 
  • The Storytelling Coach: How to Listen, Praise, and Bring Out People's Best - Doug Lipman 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1995 
  • Storytelling Encyclopedia - Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches of Oral Traditions Around the World - David Adams Leeming 
  • AZ: Oryx Press, 1997 
  • Storytelling: Process and Practice - Norma Livo and Sandra A. Rietz 
  • Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1986 
  • Storytelling Professionally: The Nuts and Bolts of A Working Performer - Harlynne Geisler 
  • Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1997 
  • Storytelling: Readings/Bibliographies/Resources - Association for Library Service to Children  
  • Chicago: American Library Association, 1978 
  • The Storytime Sourcebook: A Compendium of Ideas & Resources for Storytellers - Carolyn N. Cullum 
  • NY: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1999 
  • Tell Me A Tale: A Book About Storytelling - Joseph Bruchac 
  • San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1997 
  • Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood- Jane Yolen 
  • NY: Philomel Books. 1981 
  • Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook - edited by Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999 
  • The Types of the Folk-Tale: A Classification and Bibliography - Antti Amatus Aarne, Translated by Stith Thompson 
  • Lenox, NY 1928 
  • The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales - Bruno Bettelheim 
  • NY: Random House, 1977 
  • Who Says? - Carol Band and Melissa Heckler 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1996

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►   STORIES ABOUT STORIES OR STORYTELLING

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  • Albert's Story - Claudia Long 
  • NY: Delacorte Press, 1978 
  • Aunt Isabel Tells A Good One - Kate Duke 
  • NY: Dutton Children's Books, 1994 
  • The Chicken Salad Club - Marsha Diane Arnold 
  • NY: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998 
  • The Colored Garden - by O.H. Bennett 
  • Grand Bay, AL: Laughing Owl Pub., 2000 
  • From Miss Ida's Porch - Sandra Belton 
  • NY: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1998 
  • Front Porch Stories At the One-Room School - Eleanora E. Tate 
  • NY: Bantam, 1992 
  • Grandfather Tang's Story - Ann Tompert 
  • NY: Crown Publishers, 1990 
  • Grange House - Sarah Blake 
  • NY: Picador USA, 2000 
  • It Was A Dark and Stormy Night - Janet and Allan Ahlberg 
  • London, England: New York, NY: Viking, 1993 
  • Juliet's Story - William Trevor 
  • NY: Simon & Schuster, 1994 
  • Keepers - Jeri Hanel Watts 
  • NY: Lee & Low Books, 1997 
  • Painted Words: Marianthe's Story, One; Spoken Memories: Marianthe's Story, Two - Aliki 
  • NY: Greenwillow Books, 1998 
  • Putnam & Pennyroyal - Patrick Jennings 
  • NY: Scholastic Press, 1999 
  • Red Earth and Pouring Rain : A Novel - Vikram Chandra. 
  • Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1995 
  • Serefina Under the Circumstances - Phyllis Theroux 
  • NY: Greenwillow Books, 1999 
  • Seth of the Lion People - Bonnie Pryor 
  • NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1988 
  • The Story of the Three Kingdoms - Walter Dean Myers 
  • NY: HarperCollins, 1995 
  • The Storytellers - Ted Lewin 
  • NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1998 
  • Strudel Stories - Joanne Rocklin 
  • NY: Delacorte Press, 1999 
  • The Talking Bird and the Story Pouch - Amy Lawson 
  • NY: Harper & Row, 1987 
  • Tell Me A Story, Dad - retold by Virginia Ferguson and Peter Durkin 
  • Santa Rosa, CA: SRA School Group, 1994 
  • Three Up A Tree - by James Marshall 
  • Simon & Schuster ed. Needham, MA: Silver Burdett Ginn, 1996 
  • The Treasure Hunt - by Bill Cosby 
  • NY: Scholastic Inc., 1997 
  • Tundra Mouse: A Storyknife Tale - Megan McDonald 
  • NY: Orchard Books, 1997 
  • What Happens Next? - Janina Domanska 
  • NY: Greenwillow Books, 1983 
  • The Worry Stone - by Marianna Dengler 
  • Flagstaff, AZ: Rising Moon, 1996

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►   SCARY STORY COLLECTIONS

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  • Favorite Scary Stories of American Children - Richard and Judy Dockery Young 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1990 
  • The Ghost and I: Scary Stories for Participatory Telling - Jennifer Justice, ed. 
  • Cambridge, MA: Yellow Moon Press, 1992 
  • Haunted Bayou and Other Cajun Ghost Stories - JJ Reneaux 
  • Little Rock, AR: August House, 1994 
  • Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales - Robert D. San Souci 
  • Doubleday, 1987 
  • When the Lights Go Out: Twenty Scary Tales To Tell - Margaret Read MacDonald 
  • Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988

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Residencies

Residency themes are adaptable to the various grade levels. Some themes can be woven together into a single residency.

►   Themes for Residencies

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  • Animals 
  • Recommended Grades K - 3 
  • Stories of animals - real and unreal 
  • Appalachian Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 4-12 Tales of Appalachia, comparison with tales from other cultures. 
  • Community Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 5 - 12 Students learn how to collect stories of the community from various sources for telling and/or publishing. 
  • Environmental/Ecology Tales 
  • Recommended Grades K - 12 Stories of recycling, restoring, and preserving our world. 
  • European Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 4 -12 Folk, fairy, and cultural tales from Europe. 
  • Fables 
  • Recommended Grades 2 - 12 Aesop and beyond, rewriting old fables and writing our own for telling. 
  • Family Tales 
  • Recommended Grades K - 12 Younger students collect stories orally (such as "What Happened On The Day I Was Born?," "A Time My Mom or Dad Got Into Trouble," etc. Older students collect both orally and in written form. Interview family members for stories about the family or incidences to make into stories. 
  • How and Why (Pourquoi) Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 3 - 8 Used by various cultures to explain scientific phenomena. Can be used as a beginning in students researching the real scientific reason for phenomena and/or for writing their own How and Why Tales. 
  • Latin American Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 5 - 12 A study of Latin American tales and culture. 
  • Math Focus Tales 
  • Recommended Grades K - 8 Stories that involve the math process - puzzles, riddles, and tales with problems to solve. 
  • Modern Fairy Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 5 - 12 Students take familiar or formula tales and rewrite as a modern tale by changing the characters, setting, or point of view (Similar to "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories", but not as sophisticated.) 
  • Musical Tales 
  • Recommended Grades K - 12 Ballads, Story Songs, Creating Class and Individual Stories in song. 
  • Myths 
  • Recommended Grades 6 - 12 Greek, Roman, and Norse 
  • Tall Tales and Legends of America 
  • Recommended Grades 5 - 12 Lies, Whoppers, and Truth 
  • Science Focus Tales 
  • Recommended Grades K - 12 The themes of Myth, How and Why, and "Real Science" combined 
  • Writing & Telling Your Own Tales 
  • Recommended Grades 3 - 12 The process and skills needed for telling stories correlates to the process and skills needed for writing stories

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Themes

A list of topics to build a performance or a residency around.

►   Themes for Concerts and Residencies

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  • Animals - Stories of animals - real and unreal 
  • Appalachian Tales - Jack Tales, Grandfather Tales, Mountain Tales 
  • Celtic Tales - Scottish, Irish, Welsh stories 
  • Character Ed Tales - Stories that teach and reinforce values 
  • Classic Literary Tales - Beowulf, Cremation of Sam McGee, etc. 
  • Community Tales - Collect stories for telling and/or publishing 
  • Environmental/Ecology Tales - Recycling, restoring, preserving 
  • European Tales - Folk, fairy, and cultural tales from many European countries 
  • Fables - Aesop and beyond 
  • Family Tales - Interview family members, create oral & written tales 
  • Folk, Fable, and Fairy - Compare and Contrast these three story types 
  • Ghost Stories - Appropriate for various ages (from simple non-scary to hide-under-the-bed!) 
  • How and Why (Pourquoi) Tales - Used by various cultures to explain scientific phenomena 
  • Latin American Tales - Study of Latin American tales and culture 
  • Math Focus Tales - Stories involving the math process - puzzles, riddles, and tales with mathematical problems to solve 
  • Modern Fairy Tales - Familiar tales rewritten by changing characters setting, or point of view 
  • Musical Tales - Ballads and Story Songs 
  • Myths - Greek, Roman, and Norse 
  • Our Common Heritage: State Legends & Songs - Program or residency based on stories and history of your state 
  • Tall Tales and Legends - Lies, Whoppers, and Truth 
  • Science Focus Tales - Combined themes of Myth, ,Science , and How & Why - Examine the myth and the facts 
  • Stories From Around the World - Tales from various requested countries, Asia, Africa, Europe, North & South America 
  • U.S. Regions/History - Tales and History of the U.S.: Colonists, Westward Movement, Civil War, Gold Rush, etc 
  • Writing & Telling Your Own Tales - The process and skills for telling stories correlates to writing stories. Tell, then write it! 
  • Other themes available on request. You ask for it, I'll create it! 
  • Or, choose a combination of any of these themes. (Especially writing with any other theme)

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Workshops

Workshops can be arranged for teachers, parents, or community members and professionals who wanto utilize storytelling in their work or for enjoyment.
There are also workshops for teachers who wan to teach storytelling in their classroom.
Workshops can be from one hour to one day in length. Area of concentration varies, depending upon group make-up and need.

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Workshops can be arranged for teachers, parents, or community members and professionals who wanto utilize storytelling in their work or for enjoyment. There are also workshops for teachers who want to teach storytelling in their classroom. 

Workshops can be from one hour to one day in length. Area of concentration varies, depending upon group make-up and need.

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