storytelling

Contains fifty-five stories from around the world that illustrate the importance of good values and character to young people, grouped in the categories of love, fairness, appreciation, perseverance, compassion, trustworthiness, self-discipline, respect and tolerance, cooperation, self-confidence, responsibility, and dealing with bullies.

A collection of chants, poems, stories, finger plays, riddles, songs, and jokes which may be used by a leader with a group.

When seven toys are left outside at night, they see the starry sky and invent a story about toys being taken into space by an alien. On the alien ship, the toys discover that the alien has been collecting lost toys from Earth in an effort to find his own lost toy. The group helps the alien return each of the toys, and find his own lost toy.

When a small, serious boy joins Amanda on the park bench, she remembers that once she was small and serious too, but she had Grandfather--and his wonderful stories.

When Barney gets chicken pox, Grandpa tells him a funny story to keep his mind off his itching.

In the absence of her mother, Princess Bee tests out the storytelling abilities of other family members at bedtime, but she ultimately must rely upon herself and memories of her mother to fall asleep.

Contains 20 folktales designed for audience involvement and provides notes on storytelling techniques and devices. Includes bibliography and suggested readings.

When Will, a rebellious teen, stumbles from the present into the realm where stories come from, he learns he has a mission concerning the evil Malabron and, aided by some of the story folk, he faces a host of perils while seeking the gateless gate that will take him home.

The boundaries between reality and fantasy become blurred when four disillusioned Tokyo teenagers, who have never met, collaborate to write an online fictional story--a psychological thriller told from four points of view.

When young Tom Trueheart's seven older brothers all go missing during their adventures in the Land of Stories, he embarks on a perilous mission to save them and to capture the rogue story-writer who wants to do away with the heroes.