storytelling

The Tickety Tale Teller is so busy going from house to house to tell stories to all the children that she becomes exhausted, prompting her to figure out a way to make her job easier.

Contains twenty scary stories for participatory telling, featuring selections for listeners ages five to eight, nine to eleven, and twelve and up, including narratives, suggested actions and responses, songs and activities, and notes.

A timid, unpopular boy learns about courage, love, and luck through a school project involving a strong-willed elderly woman, the abandoned house where her son died, and the legend of the Firebird.

Aunt Isabel tells Penelope the story of Lady Nell, star of the East Woods nutball team, who pitched ninety-mile-an-hour cherry drops at thieves.

Bored with haunting their bench, two ghosts pass the evening by telling each other stories of what has happened, or could have happened, there.

Napi, a young Mazateca girl living near Oaxaca with her poor family, is inspired to flights of imagination by her grandfather's stories, sometimes dreaming she is one of the beautiful white herons that rest in the branches of ceiba tree that protects her village.

Isabella loves spending time with Abuela, especially when the two share stories while Abuela braids Isabella's hair. Presented in Spanish and English.

Although he wants to please his father and earn money selling carpets, Aziz finds himself drawn to the storytellers in the marketplace, including one who has a special gift meant just for him.

A little boy tells a fantastic story with a little help from his sister.

"This book assists the ... professional with ready-to-use materials to present ... programs that introduce young learners to countries and cultures around the world"--Provided by publisher.