Storytelling Handbook

By Anne Pellowski

Book Overview

This exciting collection of international stories includes a brief history of the art of storytelling and helpful tips to enhance how you share these easy-to-tell tales.

Have you heard about what really happened to Jack and Jill? Or about the alligator's whistle, the noisy gecko that wouldn't sleep, or the king's diamond cross? If not, The Storytelling Handbook is just what you and your young reader need.

Full of unusual tales and helpful hints on the best ways to tell them, Anne Pellowski has put together a collection of a wide variety of easy-to-tell stories from around the world and paired them with her own expert advice for successful storytelling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416975985
• ISBN13: 9781416975984
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good advice and good stories

This has some rich examples of entertaining stories both well known and obscure which makes the book worthwhile, and it also includes some excellent advice on how to get started as a storyteller and how to improve your delivery.

Getting Started in Storytelling

Pellowski suggests a number of settings in which young people might become involved in storytelling. She offers tips for selecting and preparing the story, recognizing that different methods of preparation might work best for different stories and/or different performers. Twenty-three stories are included.