Storytelling
books
Getting started;
About Storytelling
Practical Guide: How do I tell stories? Where do I begin?
By McKay, H & Dudley, B.
Publ by Hale and Iremonger, Sydney Australia
The storytelling Handbook.
A young peoples collection of unusual tales and helpful hints
on how to tell them.
By Pellowski, A
Publ by Simon and Schuster books for young readers
Aimed at getting teenagers to tell stories it has a lovely
range of stories in the back section for all who want to get
started.
Twenty tellable tales: Audience participation folktales
for the beginning storyteller.
By Macdonald, M R
Publ by American Library Association, 1986
Brave tales. Developing Literacy through Storytelling
By Coleman, W
Publ by Network Continuum Education, London, 2007
Aimed at developing literacy through storytelling for K-6.
Has a range of interesting memorisation techniques for the
teacher storyteller. Encouragement and tips for the teacher
storyteller and how to get the students involved.
Celebrate with a story : creative ideas using stories,
fingerplays, and props to celebrate holidays and multicultural
events with young children
By Catron, C & Parks, B
Publ by Grand Rapids, Michigan c1996
Creating your own stories
Storytelling and the Art of Imagination.
By Mellon, Nancy.
Publ by Yellow Moon Press, 1998. ISBN 0-938756-66-4.
A welcome reissue of this important and wise book that leads
readers through a series of sensitive exercises to awaken
imagination and create stories. Profound insights into the
typical events, landscapes, characters, and images of fairy
tales join with practical suggestions for harnessing the power
of these elements.
Story collections and web resources
There are so many collections that it is hard to go through
them all. My best advice is to go to your local library and
start borrowing! Once you have read them you will know if
it is a resource or style that suits you. Talk to other parents,
librarians about books they and the children they interact
with enjoy (don’t forget to ask Why?).
Australian Museum Online – Stories of the Dreaming
The stories help to explain how the land came to be shaped
and inhabited; how to behave and why; where to find certain
foods, etc. You can download the audio of these stories. It
is a beautiful well-produced collection. It also includes
a kids and dictionary section.
www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm
Leave it to Leslie
A website that supplies a large range of products, one of which are
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Felt stories. Go to the web site
and follow links to felt stories.
www.leaveittoleslie.com.au
Barefoot Books publish a number of story collections
from around the world. The collections have high quality illustrations
and usually come with a CD as well.
www.barefoot-books.com
Aesop’s Fables online (text and audio)
www.aesopfables.com/
Story Lovers (USA)
This is a well-established North American site. It has many
stories available including an SOS – Searching Out Stories
section. Which allows a comprehensive free archival library
for finding stories, sources and advice from professional
North American storytellers. Be careful when typing in the
url of this one as storylovers with no hyphen will take you
to a ‘finding love stories’ meeting site!
www.story-lovers.com/
The Art of Storytelling Show
Storyteller Brother Wolf interviews different storytellers weekly.
These interviews are available via iTunes or as podcasts.
www.artofstorytellingshow.com/
A few storytellers have websites that are wonderful to visit
and get a feel for what they do and the stories they tell.
Two of my favourites for stories are;
Dianne De Las Casas
www.storyconnection.net/
Alison Cox
www.dancingleaves.com/allison/index.html
Language resources
Story Place
Digital library of stories for children that can be read and
heard in Spanish or English. A great resource.
www.storyplace.org/
Playtime Books
Have a number of free audio books to download as well as many
for sale. There is a specific section for German/English bilingual
books
www.playtime-books.com/Bilingual_Audio_Books.htm
Mantra Lingua
A UK based organisation selling multilingual books and CD’s
www.mantralingua.com
Educational storytelling
Brave tales. Developing Literacy through Storytelling
By Coleman, W
Publ by Network Continuum Education, London, 2007
Aimed at developing literacy through storytelling for K-6.
Has a range of interesting memorisation techniques for the
teacher storyteller. Encouragement and tips for the teacher
storyteller and how to get the students involved.
Thinking Stories 1 (&2) Philosophical Inquiry for
Children
Ed by Philip Cam
Publ by Hale and Iremonger, Sydney Australia, 1993
Again this is aimed at school age children although many of
the stories can be used with younger age groups if appropriately
adjusted. These stories are particularly good when using story
to address an issue.
Stories on the move: integrating literature and movement
with children, from infants to age 14
By Cohen, A
Publ by Libraries Unlimited, USA, 2007
Ladders to literacy: A preschool activity book
By Notari-Syverson, A
Publi by Brookes 1998
Celebrate with a story : creative ideas using stories,
fingerplays, and props to celebrate holidays and multicultural
events with young children
By Catron, C & Parks, B
Publ by Grand Rapids, Michigan c1996
Digital Storytelling
Examples to view
Beyond Empathy
Australian stories available online by following the Place Stories link.
This website offers an amazing combination of arts, community and digital material.
www.beyondempathy.org.au/
Story Center
North American stories available online. Some workshop notes available and training information.
www.storycenter.org/
Software needs
MAC = iMovie
WINDOWS = Moviemaker or PhotoStory
Storytelling guilds
There are many guilds in Australia and overseas. A good starting
point in Australia is:
Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW)
www.storytellersnsw.org.au/
National Storytelling Network (USA)
www.storynet.org/
Society for Storytelling (UK)
www.sfs.org.uk/
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