A STORYTELLER'S START-UP BIBLIOGRAPHY
* indicates that there are additional titles by this author
*Chase, Richard. Jack Tales. Houghton Mifflin, 1943.
*DeSpain, Pleasant. Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell. August House, 1997.
*Dockery, Richard and Judy. Favorite Scary Stories of American Children. August House, 1990.
*Forest, Heather. Wonder Tales from Around the World. August House, 1998.
Hamilton, Martha & Mitch Wiess. How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read and Tell.
August House, 1999.
*Haviland, Virginia. Favorite Folktales Told in______. Little, Brown, v.d. (There are 15 titles
in the series, each presenting tales from a different country.)
Holt, David. Ready-toTell-Tales. August House, 1994.
*Lester, Julius. Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Dial, 1987.
*MacDonald, Margaret Read. Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the
Beginning Storyteller. Wilson, 1986.
Miller, Teresa. Joining In: An Anthology of Audience Participation Stories and How to Tell
Them. Yellow Moon Press, 1988.
Milord, Susan. Tales Alive! Ten Multicultural Folktales with Activities. Williamson Publishing, 1994.
*Schwartz, Alvin. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. HarperCollins, 1981.
*Tashjian, Virginia. With a Deep Sea Smile. Little, Brown, 1973.
*Yolan, Jane. Favorite Folktales from Around the World. Pantheon, 1986.
STORYTELLING RESOURCES FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Alder, Nancy. Tellin' Tales at School: a Handbook for Teaching Storytelling in
Workshops and in the Classroom, 3rd ed. Self published, 1998. Call 801-224-6861.
Changer, Jerilynn and Annette Harrison. Storytelling Activities Kit: Ready-to-Use
Techniques, Lessons & Listening Cassettes for Early Childhood. The Center for Applied
Research in Education, 1992.
Cooper, Patsy. When Stories Come to School: Telling, Writing and Performing Stories in
the Early Childhood Classroom. Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1993.
Gillard, Marni. Story Teller, Story Teacher: Discovering the Power of Storytelling for
Teaching and Living. Stenhouse Publishers, 1996.
Hamilton, Martha and Mitch Weiss. Children Tell Stories: A Teaching Guide. Richard C.
Owens Publishers, 1990.
How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Tell. August House, 2000.
Stories in My Pocket: Tales Kids Can Tell. Fulcrum Publishers, 1996.
Kinghorn, Harriet R. and Mary Helen Pelton. Every Child a Storyteller: a Handbook of
Ideas. Teachers Ideas Press, 1991.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing
and Using Folktales. August House, 1993.
National Storytelling Association. Tales as Tools: The Power of Story in the Classroom.
National Storytelling Press, 1994.
Norfolk, Bobby & Sherry. The Moral of the Story: Folktales for Character Development.
August House, 1999.
Pellowski, Anne. The Storytelling Handbook: A Young People's Collection of Unusual Tales
and Helpful Hints on How to Tell Them. Simon and Schuster, 1995.
Pierce, Mark and Karen Jennings. Storytelling Tips and Tales. Good Year Books, 1999.
Rubright, Lynn. Beyond the Beanstalk: Interdisciplinary Learning through Storytelling. Heinemann, 1996.
Zipes, Jack. Creative Storytelling: Building Community, Changing Lives. Routledge, 1995.
INTERNET SITES TO EXPLORE
National Council of Teachers of English: Teaching Ideas: Teaching Storytelling.
http://www.ncte.org/teach/Storytelling7773.html
A cogent argument for teaching students to tell stories.
StoryArts
http://www.storyarts.org
Developed by nationally known storyteller Heather Forest, this site is a treasure-trove
for teachers. Check out "Storytelling in the Classroom," "Lesson Plans & Activities,"
and the many links and full-text stories provided.
National Storytelling Network
http://www.storynet.org/
This site will tell you more about the organization, the National Storytelling Festival
and Conference, Tellabration, and more. It also offers valuable links to more storytelling
sites.
A Bibliography of Storytelling in Education
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/story.html
This site is a compilation of storytelling resources developed by the ERIC Clearinghouse
for Reading, English, and Communication.
Storytelling Games
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/storygames.htm
Reprinted from the National Story League's Junior Story League Handbook, this web page offers
three games that allow students to develop storytelling techniques.
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REGIONAL EVENTS
GEORGIA
Azalea Storytelling Festival. La Grange College, La Grange. Annually in early March.
Cherokee Rose Storytelling Festival. Carrollton Parks and Recreation Department,
Carrollton. Annually in mid-September.
PeachSeed Storytelling Festival and Conference for Young Tellers. PeachSeed Storytellers
Guild, Atlanta. Annually in early March.
Winter Storytelling Festival. Southern Order of Storytellers, Atlanta. Annually in late
January.
KENTUCKY
Corn Island Storytelling Festival. International Order of EARS, Inc., Louisville. Annually
in mid-September.
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Blueberry Jubilee Storytelling Festival. Poplarville Storytellers Guild,
Poplarville. Annually in early summer.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Patchwork Storytelling Festival. York County Public Library, Rock Hill. Annually in May.
Stone Soup Storytelling Festival. Stone Soup Storytelling Festival corporation, Woodruff.
Annually in mid-April.
TENNESSEE
Haunting in the Hills, a Storytelling Event. Big South Fork National River and Recreation
Area, Big South Fork. Annually in early September.
National Storytelling Conference. National Storytelling Network, Jonesborough. Held in
different regions each July. Conference 2000 will be in Kingsport, TN.
National Storytelling Festival. International Storytelling Foundation, Jonesborough, TN.
Annually on the first weekend of October.
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ALABAMA
Spellbinders
Sara McDaris, PO Box 463, Huntsville, AL 35804
GEORGIA
PeachSeed Storytellers Guild
David Schutten, PO Box 2647, Decatur, GA 30031
Southern Order of Storytellers
Grace Hawthorne, Membership Chair, 11 Roanoke Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30305
KENTUCKY
Bluegrass Storyweavers
Tandra White-Jennings, 1384 Tanforen Dr., Lexington, KY 40517
Storytelling Resource Center
Joy Pennington, 12019 Donohue Ave, Louisville, KY 40243
NORTH CAROLINA
High Country Yarnspinners
Dianne Hackworth, 1493 Laurel Creek Rd., Todd, NC 28684.
Storytellers Guild
Ramona Big Eagle, 332 Whispering Pines Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Backporch Storytellers of Charleston
Marc Batten, PO Box 39841, Charleston, SC, 29407.
South Carolina Storytelling Guild
Thom Bristow, 208 Middlesex Rd., Columbia, SC 29210.
TENNESSEE
ETSU Storytelling Center
Dr. Flora Joy, ETSU Box 70647, Johnson City, TN 37614.
National Storytelling Network
116 1/2 West Main St, Jonesborough, TN 37659
International Storytelling Foundation
116 West Main Street, Jonesborough, TN 37659
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