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Thoroughly revised and updated, the fourth edition of the classic Storytelling: Art and Technique is an essential guide for beginning and experienced storytellers alike.
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
Surveys the history of storytelling as practiced in United States libraries and offers practical guidelines for selecting material, preparing oneself and one's audience, presenting stories, and planning programs.
Former U. of Chicago professor Green is an internationally known storyteller, lecturer, and author; Del Negro (library and information science, Dominican U., Illinois) has written several books for children and young adults. They present a revised text for beginning and experienced storytellers--from public library and school media center librarians, to adults working with children in Head Start programs, daycare centers, museums, and other recreational centers--providing a history of storytelling in libraries and accessible instruction for bringing oral storytelling to contemporary listeners. The fourth edition contains updated research and bibliographies, expanded discussion of the relationship between oral storytelling to young children and becoming a lifelong reader, new tips on storytelling to young adults, a new "International Perspective" section, full texts of 13 stories for various ages and occasions, and a reformatted and enlarged section of print and online resources. Libraries Unlimited is an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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