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The Storyteller's Start-up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing, and Using Folktales including Twelve Tellable Tales

By: Publication details: Little Rock, Ark. : August House, 1993.Description: 215 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0874833043 :
  • 0874833051 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.64/2 20
LOC classification:
  • LB1042 .M23 1993
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.
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For those who want to begin storytelling but don't know where to start, The Storyteller's Start-Up Book offers everything one could ask for. Margaret Read MacDonald, a folklorist and children's librarian who is also a touring storyteller, offers basic start-up information on finding stories, looking at them critically, starting a story bank, networking with other storytellers, and creating a storytelling event.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index.

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.

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