Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller
"With this classic storybook. revitalized for a new generation of storytellers, master storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald shares twenty timeless, easy-to-learn tales for the beginning storyteller. Borrowing story lines from across cultures, MacDonald adapts folktales with chants, songs, and repeating lines, making them both easy to remember for the teller and enjoyable for the listener." This revised edition includes twenty-five pages of bibliographic material and author commentary covering...
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"With this classic storybook. revitalized for a new generation of storytellers, master storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald shares twenty timeless, easy-to-learn tales for the beginning storyteller. Borrowing story lines from across cultures, MacDonald adapts folktales with chants, songs, and repeating lines, making them both easy to remember for the teller and enjoyable for the listener." This revised edition includes twenty-five pages of bibliographic material and author commentary covering story collections, sources for researching tale variants and origins, and recommended picture books and videotapes as a starting point for finding the best tales for your style and audience. A must-have for school and public librarians, teachers, parents, and any folktale or storytelling aficionado, Twenty Tellable Tales gives beginning tellers a place to start to find their own voice. Even the most inexperienced storyteller can sound like a pro using the techniques outlined in this proven resource.
Pt. ITalesA whale of a tale1Coyote's crying song10Coyote's rain song20Little crab and his magic eyes24Groundhog dance35Old one-eye43Parley Garfield and the frogs52The little rooster and the Turkish sultan57The gunny wolf58How to break a bad habit75Sody Sallyrytus79Turkey tale90Jack and the robbers95Roly poly rice ball104Udala tree115The rabbit and the well126Hic! hic! hic!142Mr. Fox154Punia and the king of the sharks163The magic fox174Pt. IINotesFinding, learning, and telling tales181Origins of the folktale text192Storytelling styles195Pt. IIISourcesResearching tale variants198Type and motif indexes for folktale research199Building background in the folktale201Collections with texts close to their oral origins203The picture book as a story source205Media folktellings209Basic books for the beginning storyteller211Bibliography of works consulted215
