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Author MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-

Title The storyteller's start-up book : finding, learning, performing, and using folktales including twelve tellable tales / Margaret Read MacDonald.

Publication Info. Little Rock, Ark. : August House, 1993.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  372.64 M145    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 372.642    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  372.642    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J372.64 MAC c.2  Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.642 M135S    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J372.642 MA    DUE 04-18-24
Description 215 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
Contents An invitation to storytell -- Your place in tradition -- Learning the story in one hour -- Performing the story -- Thinking of story as an event -- Playing with story -- Teaching with story -- Teaching others to tell -- Telling it everywhere -- Finding the story -- Looking at stories critically -- Defending the story -- Accepting the role of storyteller -- Networking with other tellers -- Why tell? Examining the values of storytelling -- Belonging to the story -- Stories audiences have loved -- Turtle of Koka (Ki-Mbundu/Angola) -- The little old woman who lived in a vinegar bottle (Wales) -- Puchika churika (Selkup/Siberia) -- Marsh hawk (Athabaska) -- Gecko (Lango/Acoli) -- Kudu break! (Basotho) -- What are their names! (Ki-Mbundu/Angola) -- Aayoga with many excuses (Nanai/Siberia) -- Kanu above and kanu below (Limba) -- Ko Kóngole (Nkundo/Zaire) -- Ningun (Nigeria) -- Yonjwa seeks a bride (Nkundo/Zaire) -- Works cited -- Index.
Subject Storytelling.
Storytellers -- Training of.
Folklore.
ISBN 0874833043
9780874833041
0874833051 paperback
9780874833058 paperback
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