storytelling

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storytelling

Front porch stories at the one-room school

1994
Twelve-year-old Margie and her younger cousin forget their boredom when Margie's father entertains them with stories about people and events in their small Missouri town's past.

Multicultural folktales

stories to tell young children
1991
Shows how to use flannel boards and puppets for storytelling with preschool children.

Always my grandpa

a story for children about Alzheimer's disease
2006
During a summer at his grandfather's house, young Daniel, with his mother's help, begins to understand Alzheimer's disease and how it affects not only Grandpa, but the entire family, as well.

Green heart

two novels : Green angel and Green witch
2012
Contains two novels, including "Green Angel," in which fifteen-year-old Green retreats into her ruined garden as she struggles to survive emotionally and physically on her own after losing her family in a fire; and "Green Witch," that follows Green one year later as she becomes the one villagers turn to for aid, but Green will need the help of other women who, like herself, are believed to be witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love.

Uncle Montague's tales of terror

2007
During a visit to his eccentric Uncle Montague to hear several grisly tales behind the unique artifacts in his collection, Edgar discovers the truth about his uncle's past.

Fluency through TPR storytelling

achieving real language acquisition in school
2009
Describes the TPR (Teaching Proficiency through Reading) storytelling system for learning a new language and demonstrates how teachers can apply the method in the classroom.

African-American folktales for young readers

including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers
1993
A collection of folktales from the African-American oral tradition, presented as they have been told by professional African American storytellers from Rhode Island to Oklahoma.

Fish on a walk

2011
Readers are invited to invent their own stories by looking at a series of detailed illustrations.

Sleep tight, Pete

1995
Pete's mother tells him three bedtime stories in which he is the hero.

Jack Plank tells tales

2011
Because he is too nice to be a pirate, Jack Plank looks for a new career, but each night he tells tales of why the one job he looked into that day is wrong.

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