STORYTELLING RESOURCES
Hamilton, Martha and Mitch Weiss. Children Tell Stories: a teaching guide. Richard C. Owen, 1990.
Lipman, Doug. The Storytelling Coach:
how to listen, praise, and bring out people’s best. August
House, 1995.
ALSO:
Dubrovin, Vivian. Storytelling for the Fun
of It : A Handbook for Children. Storycraft, 1999.
Harrison,
Annette. Easy-to-Tell Stories for Young Children. National Storytelling
Association, 1992.
Books about Storytelling
with Lists of (or full-text) "Tellable"
Stories
Bone,
Woutrina A. Children’s Stories and How to Tell Them. Christophers, 1982.
Breneman,
Lucille and Bren Breneman. Once Upon a Time: a
storytelling handbook. Nelson-Hall, 1983.
Ellin Greene. Storytelling:
art and technique. Bowker, 1996.
Livo,
Norma and Sandra Rietz. Storytelling Folklore
Sourcebook. Libraries Unlimited, 1991.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Storyteller's
Start-up Book. August House, 1993.
Sawyer,
Ruth. Way of the Storyteller. Viking, c1942.
Schimmel, Nancy. Just
Enough to Make a Story: a sourcebook for storytelling. Sisters' Choice Press,
1987.
Shedlock, Marie L.
Art of the Story-Teller. Arthur Cyril Jennings, c1915.
Trostle-Brand,
Susan and Jeanne Donata. Storytelling in
Emergent Literacy: fostering multiple intelligences.
Books about Storytelling
Barton,
Robert. Telling
Stories Your Way: Storytelling and
Bauer,
Caroline Feller. New
Handbook for Storytellers. American Library Association, 1993.
Birch,
Carol L. The Whole Story Handbook:
using imagery to complete the story experience. August House, 2000.
Bryant, Sata Cone. How
to Tell Stories to Children. George
G. Harrap, 1915. E-text available at: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BryTell.html
Collins,
Rives and Pamela Cooper. The Power of Story: Teaching through storytelling. Gorsuch Scarisbrick, 1997.
Cullum, Carolyn.
The Storytime Sourcebook: a compendium of
ideas and resources for storytellers. Neal Schuman,
1999.
Haven, Kendall F. Super
Simple Storytelling: A Can-Do guide for
Every Classroom, Every Day. Teacher Ideas Press, 2000.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. The Parents’ Guide to Storytelling: how to make up new
stories and retell old favorites. August House, 2001.
Maguire,
Jack. Cretive Storytelling: choosing,
inventing, and sharing tales for children. Yellow Moon
Press, 1985.
Ochs, Elinor. The Living Narrative: Creating Lives in Everyday Storytelling.
Roney, R. Craig. The Story Performance Handbook.
Trostle-Brand, Susan L.
Storytelling in Emergent Literacy:
Fostering Multiple Intelligences.
Delmar, 2001.
Walsh, John. The Art of
Storytelling. Moody, 2003.
White, William. Speaking in Stories: Resources for Christian Storytellers.
Story Collections
Recommended by Storytellers
Carnegie Library of
Colwell,
Eileen H., Comp. The
Magic Umbrella and Other Stories for Telling. D. McKay Co., 1976.
Colwell,
Eileen H., comp. Storyteller's
Choice. Walck, 1965.
Colwell,
Eileen H., comp. Second
Storyteller's Choice. Walck, 1967.
Harrell,
John and Mary., comps.
Storyteller's Treasury. 1977.
Iarusso, Marilyn, comp.
Stories: a list of stories to tell and to read aloud. N. Y. Public Library, 1977.
Isbell, Rachel and Shirley C. Rainer. Tell It Again 2: Easy to Tell Stories with Activities for
Young Children. Gryphon
House, 2000.
Kronberg, Ruthilde and Patricia McKissack. Piece of the Wind and
Other Stories to Tell. Harper & Row, 1990.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Look Back and See: twenty lively tales for gentle tellers.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Twenty Tellable Tales: audience participation folktales for the
beginning storyteller.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Whe
the Lights Go Out: twenty scary tales to tell.
Magic Umbrella and Other Stories for Telling. David McKay, 1976.
Marsh,
Valerie. Beyond Words: Great Stories for Hand and Voice. Highsmith, 1995.
Oliver,
Mary E. My Golden Moments: stories I
have enjoyed telling. In-Time Publications, 1988.
Pellowski, Anne. Family
Storytelling Handbook: how to use stories.
Macmillan, 1987.
Pellowski, Anne. Story
Vine: a source book of unusual and easy-to-tell stories from around the world. Collier, 1984.
Peterson,
Carolyn Sue. Story Programs: a
sourcebook of materials. Scarecrow, 1980.
Regan,
Connie. Stories for the Telling: a
list of things from the Folktellers. The Folktellers, 1977.
Schwartz,
Seeger, Pete. Pete Seeger’s Storytelling Book. Harcourt Brace,
2000.
Sierra, Judy. Multicultural Folktales: stories to tell young
children. Oryx Press, 1991.
Sierra, Judy and Robert Kaminski. Twice Upon a
Time: stories to tell, retell, act out, and write about.
Smith,
Jimmy Neil. Homespun: Tales From
Storyteller's Treasury. Compiled by John and Mary
Harrell, 1977.
Games, Rhymes, Songs, Fingerplays, Flannel Boards, Activities for Storytelling
Carlson,
Bernice W. Listen! and
Help Tell the Story. Abingdon, 1965.
Catron,
Carol Elaine. Super Story Telling:
creative ideas using finger plays, flannel board stories, pocket stories, and
puppets with young children. T. S.
Denison, 1986.
Defty, Jeff. Creative Fingerplays and Action Rhymes: an index and guide to their
use. Oryx Press, 1992.
Druce, Arden. Chalk Talk Stories.
Scarecrow Press, 1993.
Ellis,
Mary jackson. Finger Playtime.
Faurot, Kimberly. K. Books in Bloom: Creative Patterns and Props That Bring Stories to Life.
Glazer,
Tom. Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin
Chopper. Doubleday: 1973.
Gryski, Camilla.
Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes: a book of string games. Morrow, 1984.
Kallevig, Christine P.
Folding Stories: storytelling and origami together
as one. Storytime Ink International, 1991.
Leach,
Maria. Riddle Me, Riddle Me, Ree. Viking, 1970.
Lipman, Doug. Storytelling Games. Oryx Press, 1995.
Marsh,
Valerie. Storyteller’s Sampler. Alleyside Press, 1996.
Miller,
Teresa, comp. Joining
In: an anthology of audience participation stories and how to tell them. Yellow Moon Press, 1988.
Montgomerie, Norah, comp.
This Little Pig Went to Market: play rhymes for infants and young
children. Bodley
Head Press, 1966.
Okun, Liliam. Let's Listen to a
Story: radio scripts for children.
Painter,
William. Musical story Hours: using
music with storytelling and puppetry.
Library Professional Publications, 1990.
Ring
a Ring O'Roses: stories, games, and finger plays for
preschool children.
Sierra,
Judy. Fantastic Theater: Puppets and Plays for Young Performers and
Young Audiences. H.W. Wilson, 1991.
Sierra,
Judy. Flannel Board Storytelling
Book.
Sing
a Song of Popcorn: every child's book of poems. Scholastic, 1988.
Vonk, Idalee. Storytelling with the Flannel Board: book
three. T. S. Denison, 1983.
Yolen, Jane. Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook. Caroline House, 1992.
Puppets
Champlin,
Connie and Nancy Renfro. Storytelling
with Puppets. American Library Association, 1985.
Keefe,
Betty. Fingerpuppet
Tales: making and using puppets with folk and fairy tales. Special Literature Press,
1986.
Minkel, Walter.
How to do the 3 Bears with 2 Hands:
Performing with Puppets.
Painter,
William M. Story
Hours with Puppets and Other Props.
Library Professional Publications, 1990.
Painter,
William M. Storytelling
with Music, Puppets and Arts for Libraries and Classrooms. Library Professional
Publications, 1994.
Renfro,
Nancy. A Puppet
Corner in Every Library. Renfro Studios, 1978.
Renfro,
Nancy. Puppetry and
the Art of Story Creation. Renfro Studios, 1979.
Renfro,
Nancy. Puppetry,
Language, and the Special Child.
Renfro Studios, 1984.
VanSchuyver, Jan. Storytelling
Made Easy with Puppets. Oryx Press,
1993.
Wright,
Denise. One-Person
Puppet Plays. Teacher Idea Press, 1990.
Storytelling Media
Gallant,
Jennifer Jung. Best Videos for
Children and Young Adults. ABC-CLIO, 1990.
A Multimedia Approach to Children's Literature. American
Library Association, 1983.
Notable
Children's Films and Videos, Filmstrips and Recordings, 1973-1986.
Perritt, Patsy. Selected
Videos and Films for Young Adults, 1975-1985. American Library
Association, 1986.
Ginn, Karen Hoskins. Taming
the Electronic Babysitter : A Guide to Children's
Videos for Parents and Caregivers. 1997.
Video
American Storytelling Series.
V.1 Arachne,
V.2 Barney McCabe, V.3 The Crack of Dawn, V.4 Grass Cape, V.5 Hansel and Gretel, V.6 How
the Whale Got His Throat, V.7 The
Peddler, V.8 Why the Leaves Change Color
Dan
Yashinsky: a storyteller's story. Kinetic Inc., 1984.
Jay
O'Callahan, a master class in storytelling. West
Magic Tales.
Atlas Video, Inc., 1991.
Master Class in Storytelling with Robert Potts. Vineyard Video Productions,
1983.
Storytelling with Caroline Feller Bauer.
Tall Tales, Yarns and Whoppers. Atlas Video, Inc.,
1991.
Audio (countless tapes by storytellers, simply choose
your tellers and have a listen)
FOLKLORE SELECTION
Background Articles with
Suggestions
Toothaker, Roy E.
"Folktales in Picture Book Format: A Bibliography." School Library Journal. (April 1974):
1188-1194. (Extensive
bibliography arranged by country)
Bibliographies to Ethnic
Collections
Crammer,
Marjorie. Bibliography
of American Folklore.
Griffin,
William. "Beyond Biblical
Tales." Publishers's Weekly. (
Musleah, Rahel. "New Challenges in
Children's Judaica." Publisher's Weekly (September 6, 1991): 22-26.
"Stories, Fiction, and Lives of Black Folk." Storytelling
Magazine (Winter 1990): 23.
Indexes and
Bibliographies of Folklore
Aarne, Antti and Stith Thompson. The Types of the
Folktale.
Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.
Eastman,
Mary H. Index to
Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends.
2nd ed., 1926. Supplements,
1937, 1952.
Garland Folklore Bibliographies. (look them up in the
UNC Library Catalog)
Ireland,
Norma O. Index to Fairy Tales,
1949-1972. Faxon, 1973.
Fourth Supplement, 1973-1977.
Scarecrow, 1985.
Leach,
Maria (Ed.) Standard
Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. Two Volumes. Funk and Wagnalls, 1949.
MacDonald Margaret Read. A Storyteller's Sourcebook: Index to
Folklore Collections. Gale, 1982.
MacDonald, Margaret Read and Brian Sturm. The Storytellers
Sourcebook, 1983-1999. Gale, 2001.
Thompson,
Stith. Motif-Index of Folk-Literature.
Ziegler, Elsie B. Folklore:
An Annotated Bibliography and Index to Single Editions. Faxon, 1973.
A SAMPLING OF ETHNIC
COLLECTIONS
General
Aesopus. Aesop:
Five Centuries of Illustrated Fables. Edited by J. J. McKendrey.
Baker,
Augusta. The
Talking Tree and Other Stories. Lipincott, 1955. (from 15 countries).
Clarkson, Atelia and Cross,
Gilbert. World Folktales: A Scribner Resource Collection
Scribner's, 1980.
Crane,
Walter. Beauty and
the Beast and Other Tales.
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
British Folk Tales: New Versions.
Orchard, 1987.
The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales.
The Faber Book of Northern Legends.
Favorite Folktales From Around the World. Ed. By
Jane Yolen, Pantheon, 1986.
Gods
and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient
Hearne,
Betsy. Beauties and Beasts: Folktales
of Transformation. (The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series). Oryx Press, 1993.
Holt, David and William Mooney. More Ready-to-Tell Tales from Around the
World. August
House, 2000.
The Norse Myths. Retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Pantheon, 1980.
African
Abrahams,
Roger D. African
Folktales. Pantheon, 1983.
Courlander, Harold, The
Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1947. (Also Folkways Record 10-5)
Courlander, Harold.
The Crest and the Hide, and Other African Stories
of Heroes, Chiefs, Bards, Hunters, Sorcerers, and Common People. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1982.
Courlander, Harold.
Treasury of African Folklore. N.Y.,
Crown, 1975.
Walker,
Barbara. The Dancing Palm Trees and
Other Nigerian Folk Tales. Parents Magazine Press, 1968.
African-American
Afro-American Folktales. Ed.
by Roger D. Abrahams. Pantheon, 1985.
Hamilton, Virgina, adapter. People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, Knopf, 1985.
Lester,
Julius. Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer
Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer
Wolf, the Doodong, and Other Creatures. Dial, 1990.
American Indian Myths and Legends. Ed. by Richard Erdoes and Alfonzo Ortiz. Pantheon,
1984.
Blair,
Walter. Tall Tale
Botkin, Benjamin.
Treasury of American Folklore. Crown, 1944.
Carmer, Carl. American
Sings: Stories and Songs of our Country's Growing.
Knopf, 1942.
Carmer, Carl. The Hurricane's Children. David McKay, 1937, 1965. (American Folk Literature).
Chase,
Richard (Ed.). Grandfather Tales. Houghton-Mifflin, 1943.
(Am.)
Chase,
Richard (Ed.). The Jack Tales. Houghton, 1943. (Am.)
Cothran, Jean, With a Wig, With a Wag and Other Folk
Tales, David McKay, 1954.
Davenport,
Tom. From the Brothers Grimm:
Contemporary Retelling of American Folktales and Classic Stories. Highsmith Press,
1992.
Doctor
Coyote: A native
American Aesop's fables. Retold by John Bierhorst. Illustrated by Wendy
Watson. Macmillan, 1987.
Dorson, Richard M.
Felton,
Harold W. John
Henry and His Hammer. Knopf, 1950.
Felton,
Harold W. Legends
of Paul Bunyan. Knopf, 1947.
Jagendorf,
Moritz D. The Ghost of Peg-Leg
Peter and Other Stories of Old
Jagendorf, M.D., Sand in the Bag and Other
Folk Stories of
Jagendorf, Moritz A.
Upstate, Downstate: Folk
Stories of the
Lomax, John
and Alan. Folksong:
Malcolmson, Anne. Yankee Doodle's Cousins. Houghton, Mifflin, 1941.
Osborne,
Mary Pope. American
Tall Tales Knopf, 1991.
Wood,
Marion. Spirits,
Heroes & Hunters from North American Indian Mythology. Schocken, 1982.
Other Ethnic Collections
Arab Folktales. Ed. by Inea Bushraq. Pantheon, 1986.
Blackmore, Vivien. Why Corn in Golden: Stories about Plants. Little, Brown, 1984
(Mexican)
Calvino, Italo, reteller. Italian Folktales. Pantheon, 1981.
Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies. Ed. by Moss Roberts. Pantheon, 1979.
The
Effendi and the Pregnant Pot: Uygur Folktales from
Folktales of the
Grimm
Jacob. The Complete
Grimm's Fairy Tales. N.Y., Pantheon, 1972.
Irish Folktales. Ed. by Henry Glassie. Pantheon, 1985.
Jacobs,
Joseph. English
Fairy Tales. G.P. Putnam,
1967, 1982.
Japanese Tales. Ed. by Royall Tyler. Pantheon, 1987.
Kurtycz, Marcos.
Tigers and Opossums; Animal Legends. Illustrated and adapted by Marcos Kurtycz and Ana Garcia Kobeh. Little, Brown, 1984.
Livo,
Norma and Cha, Dia. Folk Stories of the Hmong:
People of
Pelton, Mary
Helen and Di Gennaro,
Jacqueline. Images of a People: Tlingit Myths and
Legends. Libraries Unlimited, 1992.
Schwartz,
Howard. The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World. Harper Collins, 1991.
Thai
Tales: Folktales of
Tibetan Folk Tales. AMS Press,
Tunney, Paddy.
Wolkstein,
Diane, coll. The Magic
Yeats,
William Butler, Irish
Folk Stories and Fairy Tales. Grosset and Dunlap, 1957.
Yiddish Folktales. Pantheon, 1988
Collections with Strong
Female Characters
Barchers, Suzanne.
Wise Women: Folk and Fairy
Tales from Around the World. Libraries Unlimited, 1990.
Chinen, Allan B.
Waking the World : classic tales of women
and the heroic feminine. Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1996.
Lurie, Alison. Clever Gretchen and Other Forgotten Folk Tales. Crowell, 1980.
McCarty,
Toni. The Skull in
the Snow and Other Folk Tales.
Delacorte, 1981.
Minard, Rosemary.
Womenfolk and Fairy Tales. Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Phelps,
Ethel Johnson. Maid of the North:
feminist folk tales from around the world. Holt,
Rinehart, and Winston, 1981.
Tchana, Katrin. The Serpent Slayer and Other
Tales of Strong Women. Little, Brown and Co., 2000.
Stories and Storytelling
for Special Audiences or for Values Teaching
Handful
of Stories: Twenty-Seven Stories by Deaf
Storytellers.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Peace Tales: world folktales to talk about. Linnet Books, 1992.
MacDonald,
Margaret Read. Earth Care: world folktales to talk about. Shoestring Press, 1999.
Norfolk,
Bobby. The Moral of the Story: folktales for character development. August House, 1999.
Smith,
Charles A. From Wonder to
Wisdom: Using Stories to Help Children
Grow. 1989.
There are loads of online, folklore e-texts. For beginning, child storytellers, concentrate on easy stories with linear pl