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Greene, Ellin, 1927-2018.

Storytelling : art and technique / Ellin Greene and Janice M. Del Negro ; foreword by Jack Zipes.

Fourth edition.

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2010]

©2010

xxvii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

Storytelling -- United States.

Activity programs in education -- United States.

Storytelling in education.

Literature.

Del Negro, Janice.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-440) and index.

Storytelling : a historical perspective -- Storytelling to children in libraries -- Purpose and values of storytelling -- Selection -- Preparation -- Presentation -- Storytelling to children with special needs; storytelling in special settings -- Storytelling to young children -- Storytelling to young adults -- Children and young adults as storytellers -- Program planning -- Administration of the storytelling program and in-service education -- Storytelling in libraries and schools in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland -- How do you say "storytelling" in Chinese? -- 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 -- Professional reading -- Folktales, literary tales, poetry, and song -- Stories of special appeal -- Read-alouds : 100 personal favorites -- A sampling of storytelling recordings.

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