The Storyteller's Start-Up Book

Author: Margaret Read MacDonald

Basic advice on how to find, learn, and perform folktales. Plus twelve ready-to-tell stories. Includes stories that work with pre-school, elementary, and junior high. Many bibliographies to lead to more sources. An excellent first book for the serious storytelling student.

Includes: “Turtle of Koka” (Ki-Mbundu, Angola); “Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle” (Wales); “Puchika Churika (Selkup, Siberia); “Marsh Hawk” (Athabaskan); “Gecko” (Lango/Acoli); “Kudu Break!” (Basotho); What Are Their Names!” (Ki-Mbundu/Angola); “Ko Kóngole” (Nkundo, Zaire); “Ningun” (Nigeria); “Yonjwa Seeks a Bride” (Ndundo, Zaire).

Editions
Type	Year	Publisher	Price	Length	ISBN
Hardcover	1993	August House	$26.95	215 pages	0-87483-304-3
Paperback	1993	August House	$14.95	215 pages	0-87483-305-1

Additional Information and Resources

Quotes "A confidence-building coach, MacDonald conveys the value of storytelling in an infectious manner. A handy reference even for veterans."  ...School Library Journal "MacDonald distills her extensive storytelling experience into 16 very brief, schematically organized chapters. …Few readers will be able to encounter MacDonald’s encouraging advocacy without feeling an urge to find a story and audience of their own"  ...Library Journal Awards Storytelling World Award 1995 Public Library Catalog, 11th ed Children's Catalog 19th ed.				Categories and Connections Categories Folktale Collections How to Tell Stories Other books of interest Storytelling Nyumon. [The Storyteller's Start-up Book]