Storytelling
Art and Technique, 4th Edition
4th Edition
Published on 1. January 2010
Book
Hardback
455 pages
978-1-59158-600-5 (ISBN)
Description
Thoroughly revised and updated, the fourth edition of the classic Storytelling: Art and Technique is an essential guide for beginning and experienced storytellers alike.
Ten years ago, Book Report called the third edition of Storytelling: Art and Technique, "invaluable ... a volume no librarian will want to be without." This fourth edition of the classic storytelling "how to" is even better-with 30 percent new material, additional chapters, new stories, and updated bibliographies.
This edition provides both a history of storytelling in libraries and accessible instruction for bringing storytelling to contemporary listeners. It details the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories, as well as planning and administration of a storytelling program. Full texts of 13 stories for various ages and occasions are included, as is an extensive list of resources. Bonus essays offer a fascinating international perspective through a survey of storytelling in Ireland and the British Isles and a look at storytelling in contemporary China. Complete with everything one needs to know to launch a successful storytelling program, this is the perfect book for librarians, teachers, parents-and professional storytellers, too.
Includes complete texts of 13 stories with source, culture, telling time, audience, and a comment for each
Examples of a cue card, movement warm-ups for storytellers, a seating arrangement for a storytime, a storyboard, publicity posters, and more
Offers resources for the storyteller, including professional books and articles, websites, storytelling books by genre, stories to tell to different age groups, read-alouds, and recordings
Ten years ago, Book Report called the third edition of Storytelling: Art and Technique, "invaluable ... a volume no librarian will want to be without." This fourth edition of the classic storytelling "how to" is even better-with 30 percent new material, additional chapters, new stories, and updated bibliographies.
This edition provides both a history of storytelling in libraries and accessible instruction for bringing storytelling to contemporary listeners. It details the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories, as well as planning and administration of a storytelling program. Full texts of 13 stories for various ages and occasions are included, as is an extensive list of resources. Bonus essays offer a fascinating international perspective through a survey of storytelling in Ireland and the British Isles and a look at storytelling in contemporary China. Complete with everything one needs to know to launch a successful storytelling program, this is the perfect book for librarians, teachers, parents-and professional storytellers, too.
Includes complete texts of 13 stories with source, culture, telling time, audience, and a comment for each
Examples of a cue card, movement warm-ups for storytellers, a seating arrangement for a storytime, a storyboard, publicity posters, and more
Offers resources for the storyteller, including professional books and articles, websites, storytelling books by genre, stories to tell to different age groups, read-alouds, and recordings
Reviews / Votes
"Storytelling: Art and Technique affirms the importance of an old tradition and provides librarians with the tools to help keep it alive." - American Libraries "The fourth edition of this storytelling standby includes a wealth of updated and new materials, covering both the cultural history of storytelling and offering a comprehensive instructional guide for the creation and administration of storytelling programs that can remain relevant in a media-saturated society." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Designed for beginner and experienced storytellers and public and school librarians, this volume will also be helpful to any adult working with children and teens. . . . Whether absorbing the information cover to cover or looking for specific storytelling topics and aids, the reader will find this title a useful one to own." - Booklist "This title has been a standard professional reference work for nearly half a century, and with good reason. . . . Every public and school library will benefit from having this volume and consulting it should be often." - School Library Journal "Ellin Greene once kept my library school storytelling class spellbound with her word-perfect, no-gestures telling of 'Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep' and heard Janice do the same, at a party a few years later, with Helen Eustis's 'Mr. Death and the Red-headed Woman.' So let's be glad that these two have joined forces for the fourth edition of Storytelling: Art and Technique . . . This much-enlarged edition covers the history of storytelling; techniques for finding, learning, adapting, and telling stories; considerations of special audiences; and, of course, lots and lots of recommendations for stories to tell." - The Horn Book MagazineMore details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-59158-600-5 (9781591586005)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ellin Greene, EdD, is an internationally known storyteller, lecturer, workshop leader, and conference director.
Janice M. Del Negro, PhD, is assistant professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, River Forest, IL.
Janice M. Del Negro, PhD, is assistant professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University, River Forest, IL.
Content
Contents Foreword Preface For Story's Sake: Reading as Its Own Reward PART I: HISTORY AND PRACTICE Chapter 1: Storytelling: A Historical Perspective Chapter 2: Storytelling to Children in Libraries Chapter 3: Purpose and Values of Storytelling Chapter 4: Selection Chapter 5: Preparation Chapter 6: Presentation Chapter 7: Storytelling to Children with Special Needs; Storytelling in Special Settings Chapter 8: Storytelling to Young Children Chapter 9: Storytelling to Young Adults Chapter 10: Children and Young Adults as Storytellers Chapter 11: Program Planning Chapter 12: Administration of the Storytelling Program and In-Service Education PART II: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Storytelling in Libraries and Schools in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland How Do You Say "Storytelling" in Chinese? PART III: STORIES The Gingerbread Man Perez and Martina: A Puerto Rican Folktale The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling The Dancing Granny Ananse the Spider in Search of a Fool Jack and the Two-Bullet Hunt Willa and the Wind More Than Salt Ling-Li and the Phoenix Fairy: A Chinese Folktale Rubies The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy The Vision in the Wood The Legend of the Christmas Rose PART IV: RESOURCES FOR THE STORYTELLER Professional Reading Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, and Indexes Books About Stories and Storytelling Resources for Fingerplays, Action Rhymes, Flannel Board Storytelling, Storytelling Activities, Participation Tales, Reader's Theatre and Story Theatre Articles Magazines About Folktales, Myths, and Storytelling Web Sources Folktales, Literary Tales, Poetry, and Song Folktales: Collections Folktales: Picture Books Tall Tales Fables Heroes and Heroines, Myths and Legends Literary Tales: Collections Literary Tales: Picture Books Poetry and Song Stories of Special Appeal Stories for Three- to Five-Year-Olds Stories for Five- to Eight-Year-Olds Stories for Eight- to Eleven-Year-Olds Stories for Eleven- to Fifteen-Year-Olds Stories for a Mixed-Age Group Stories for the Family Evening Storytelling Program Read-Alouds: 100 Personal Favorites A Sampling of Storytelling Recordings Sources Glossary Copyright Acknowledgments Index