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100 1 _aMacDonald, Margaret Read
245 1 4 _aThe Storyteller's Start-up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing, and Using Folktales including Twelve Tellable Tales
260 _aLittle Rock, Ark. :
_bAugust House,
_c1993.
300 _a215 p. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aFor 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index.
505 _aAn 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.
650 0 _aStorytelling.
650 0 _aStorytellers
_xTraining of.
650 0 _aFolklore.
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