Easy introduction to storytelling for the parent, grandparent, or other novice. Several easy-to-learn stories, hints on telling. Also useful as a guide for children learning to tell stories. Contains: "The Three Bears"; "The Little Red Hen"; "The Gingerbread Man"; "The Beehive"; "Foxie's Hole"; "The Parrot With the Key to Rome"; "The Lost Mitten"; "The Squeaky Door"; "Ms. Mouse Needs a Friend"; "A Dark and Stormy Night"; "A Silly Question"; "The Bird Catcher"; "Cheese and Crackers"; "Strongest One of All"; "Let"s Go on a Bear Hunt"; "The Stork"; "The Dark, Dark House"; "The Coffin"; "The Big-Mouth Frog"; "Grandpa and the Blacksnake"; "The Rat in the Cream Jar".

The Parent's Guide To Storytelling

Author:

Illustrator:

Margaret Read MacDonald

Easy introduction to storytelling for the parent, grandparent, or other novice. Several easy-to-learn stories, hints on telling. Also useful as a guide for children learning to tell stories. Contains: "The Three Bears"; "The Little Red Hen"; "The Gingerbread Man"; "The Beehive"; "Foxie's Hole"; "The Parrot With the Key to Rome"; "The Lost Mitten"; "The Squeaky Door"; "Ms. Mouse Needs a Friend"; "A Dark and Stormy Night"; "A Silly Question"; "The Bird Catcher"; "Cheese and Crackers"; "Strongest One of All"; "Let"s Go on a Bear Hunt"; "The Stork"; "The Dark, Dark House"; "The Coffin"; "The Big-Mouth Frog"; "Grandpa and the Blacksnake"; "The Rat in the Cream Jar".

Editions

Paperback

2001

August House

128 pages

0-87483-618-2

Hardcover

2001

August House

128 pages

0-87483-619-0

Quotes

encouraging, easy-to-follow advice.

NAPRA Review

Offers a wealth of tipes and techniques suitable for use with children of all ages...

Midwest Book Review, July 2001

offers a wealth of tips and techniques suitable for use with children of all ages

Midwest Book Review

Though written for parents, most of the tips and tales are also appropriate for teachers to use with their students.

Creative Classroom, Nov/Dec 2001

a short, sweet start-up book

Family Fun

Dr, MacDonald's field experience and expertise is especially apparent in her retellings of stories for the very young, not only in the language she chooses, but also in the helpful hints that accompany them.

In the Wind, Naomi Baltuck

Although the title indicates that this introduction to storytelling is for parents, it would be equally valuable for preschool teachers, camp counselors, new children's librarians, and anyone else preparing to spend time with children. Advice is simple and clear, reassuring the reader that all that is really necessary is the desire to share a story with a child or children and the willingness to work a little on such simple things as learning the order of events in the story

Bay Views, Marian Drabkin

Awards

Storytelling World Honor

1996