The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales

The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales

<p><strong><span>Finding, learning, performing, and using folktales.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span><br /></span></strong></p><p><span>For those who want to begin storytelling but don't know where to start, </span><span style=" font-style: italic;">The Storyteller's Start-Up Book</span><span style=" "> offers everything one could ask for. Margaret Read MacDonald, an award-winning 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. </span></p><p><span style=" ">In chapters on learning and performing folktales, MacDonald offers the reader suggestions for finding his or her own performance style. Most importantly, MacDonald presents twelve fool-proof tales that will work for the first-time storyteller. Arranged in ethnopoetic style to relay a sense of rhythm, the stories encourage audience participation and feature enough repetition to make them easy to remember. </span></p><p><span style=" ">These multicultural tales selected from the folklore of Angola, Canada, Ghana, Nigeria, Siberia, Wales, and Zaire will delight any audience. Includes excellent bibliographies to help the new teller continue to explore the world of storytelling.</span> </p>