Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Trickster Tales written by Richard Walker and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents nine folktales from around the world involving tricksters, including "Jack and the Wizard," "The Frail Old Woman," "Turtle Goes on the Warpath," and "Nail Soup."
Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales written by Dawn Casey and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how different cultures around the world set out to live in harmony with the natural world in this popular anthology, now in paperback. The seven folk tales are each followed by a hands-on activity that promotes green living and reinforces the eco-messages of the stories. Gold nautilus Book Award Winner.
Download or read book Performance Literacy Through Storytelling written by Nile Stanley and published by Maupin House Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make storytelling a part of your daily curriculum! This practical guide from Nile Stanley and Brett Dillingham shows busy K8 teachers how to use storytelling to motivate and engage all readers and writers while supporting the standards. Mini-lessons at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels help teachers weave storytelling into the fabric of today's standards-based classroom and construct their own skillful literacy lessons. Reluctant and striving readers and writers, English language learners, and even more advanced storytellers will love the confidence they gain as they move from developing to delivering a variety of stories for a variety of audiences. Teachers will love the many benefits of "performance literacy," or teaching children how to write and perform stories: [[ Develop literacy skillslanguage, vocabulary, comprehension, writing process, speaking, and listeningalong with performance skills and self-expression; [[ Easily integrate learning across the content areas; [[ Deepen the connection between home, school, and community; [[ Promote students' creativity and activate their prior knowledge; [[ Encourage respect and self-improvement as students learn to critique each other's stories and performances in a non-threatening manner. Developing Literacy Through Storytelling comes complete with a story index, curriculum tie-ins, digital storytelling tips, and information for using the companion website with supplemental multimedia. An audio CD includes more than 70 minutes of stories and songs from the authors themselves, in addition to other well-known storytellers, performers, and educators: Karen Alexander, John Archambault, David Plummer, HeatherForest, Brenda Hollingsworth-Marley, Gene Tagaban, and Allan Wolf. Don't just teach literacyperform it!
Download or read book Trick of the Tale written by John Matthews and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of tales featuring notable trickster characters such as Raven and Hare, from the folk traditions of many countries.
Download or read book More Ready to tell Tales from Around the World written by David Holt and published by august house. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.
Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Stories from the Opera written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cenerentola handed Ramiro a bracelet. You will recognize me by the twin to this bracelet. If you still want me when you find me, I ll marry you.
Download or read book The Hungry Wolf written by Lari Don and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a hungry young wolf spots a tasty-looking animal in the field above the river, he thinks he has found some dinner . . . but the fluffy little lamb is more clever than he has bargained for. Will the lamb become a tasty snack, or will she escape the wolf's hungry jaws?
Download or read book Trickster Tales written by and published by august house. This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from cultures including ancient Babylonia, China, India, Eastern Europe, Morocco.
Download or read book Folktales Aloud written by Janice M. Del Negro and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good folktale triggers the imagination, connecting children to a wider world as well as increasing their vocabulary and comprehension skills. In this delightful and easy-to-use book, teacher and storyteller Del Negro gives librarians, teachers, and parents the keys to storytelling success. Including more than a dozen original adaptations of folktales from around the world, tailored specifically for library and classroom use, she Reviews storytelling basics such as selecting a tale and learning the story Offers tips for dealing with stage fright and reluctant listeners Presents a bibliography of recommended online and print resources, steering readers to more wonderful tales to tell For young listeners the folktale is a perfect gateway to the exciting worlds of culture and literature, and Del Negro’s book invites their engagement with proven techniques and original story scripts that can be used by experienced as well as beginning tellers.
Download or read book Tales of Tricksters written by Pleasant DeSpain and published by august house. This book was released on 2005-12-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains nine short folktales about tricksters, featuring selections from Persia, India, Poland, France, and other places.
Download or read book The Barefoot Book of Mother and Son Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of folktales from various cultures illuminate the mother-son relationship.
Download or read book Canada 123 written by Kim Bellefontaine and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful trip from one to ten also takes young learners across Canada, from coast to coast.
Download or read book Storytelling written by Janice M. Del Negro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as both a textbook and reference for faculty and students in LIS courses on storytelling and a professional guide for practicing librarians, particularly youth services librarians in public and school libraries. Storytelling: Art and Technique serves professors, students, and practitioners alike as a textbook, reference, and professional guide. It provides practical instruction and concrete examples of how to use the power of story to build literacy and presentation skills, as well as to create community in those same educational spaces. This text illustrates the value of storytelling, covers the history of storytelling in libraries, and offers valuable guidance for bringing stories to contemporary listeners, with detailed instructions on the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories. It also provides guidance around the planning and administration of a storytelling program. Topics include digital storytelling, open mics and slams, and the neuroscience of storytelling. An extensive and helpful section of resources for the storyteller is included in an expanded Part V of this edition.
Download or read book The Caribbean Story Finder written by Sharon Barcan Elswit and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean islands have a vibrant oral folklore. In Jamaica, the clever spider Anansi, who outsmarts stronger animals, is a symbol of triumph by the weak over the powerful. The fables of the foolish Juan Bobo, who tries to bring milk home in a burlap bag, illustrate facets of traditional Puerto Rican life. Conflict over status, identity and power is a recurring theme--in a story from Trinidad, a young bull, raised by his mother in secret, challenges his tyrannical father who has killed all the other males in the herd. One in a series of folklore reference guides by the author, this volume shares summaries of 438 tales--some in danger of disappearing--retold in English and Creole from West African, European, and slave indigenous cultures in 24 countries and territories. Tales are grouped in themed sections with a detailed subject index and extensive links to online sources.
Download or read book Children s Literature written by Diana Mitchell and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2002 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's Literature: An Invitation to the World is written and organized in a manner that engages the readers and that will instill confidence in teachers when selecting and using literature in their teaching. Readers are asked to take a world view of literature-what it is; how to recognize one's own; how to recognize an author's-and encouraged to see children's literature through a lens that includes people not like themselves. The book tackles tough issues such as gender and racial bias and how they can be insidiously promoted in literature. No other book on the market engages readers more than this one. Rather than just presenting topics, the book asks "What can we learn from them?" In addition, the first-person narrative involves readers in the discussion, rather than simply presenting content to them. Elementary and middle school teachers, curriculum developers and anyone interested in children's literature.
Download or read book Little Pig Figwort Can t Get to Sleep written by Henrietta Branford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Pig Figwort cannot sleep, so he goes off to the North Pole, the moon, and the bottom of the sea.
Download or read book Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: