Three Minute Tales
Author:
Illustrator:
Margaret Read MacDonald
77 short stories. Some as brief as 15 seconds! Great for sharing in those times when you need a quick story. These tales are gleaned from the world's folklore. Already they have proved their usefulness to tellers. They are a favorite of my storytelling students and are fun to use as easy teaching tales. Quite possible to expand some of the meatier tales into much longer stories too, if you desire.
Categories
Storytelling: Folktale Collections
Folktale Collections
Editions
Hardcover
2004
August House (English Edition)
128 pages
0-87483-728-6
Paperback
2005
Amu Shobo (Japanese)
207 pages
4-434-06114-3
Paperback
2004
August House (English Edition)
128 pages
0-87483-729-4
Quotes
Perfect for the last three minutes before the lunch bell rings.
Teaching Tolerance January 2005
How many niches can a little book fill? This one may set a record, offering lively stories suitable for beginning tellers, for teachers, museum docents, leaders of history or nature walks, public speakers, performance coaches, and – most important of all
Storynet.org
This book belongs on every storyteller's shelf...ready to tell. An important book for any performer.
Dan Keding, Sing Out!
A rich resource for teens' storytelling, in high school and with younger kids.
Booklist 9/15/04
...good for holding audience attention, adding interest to cultural and religious themes, conferences and in services, supplementing lessons for children or just as a fun break from routine tasks.
KLIATT
A useful addition to professional and parenting collections.
SLJ 10/1/04
Easy to tell, easy to teach to children and adults, and easy to remember.
Booklist
Easy-to-learn stories supplied with full measures of chuckles and grins, tears, chills, wisdom, and entertainment...with very careful notes on sources, tale types and variants.
Kirkus Reviews
Awards
Notable Books for a Global Society
2005
Children's Catalog 19th ed.
Children's Core Collection, 2014, 21st ed.