Description: The Storyteller's Start-up Book by Mary Read MacDonald Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description For those who want to begin storytelling but dont know where to start, The Storytellers Start-Up Book offers everything one could ask for. MacDonald presents twelve fool-proof tales that will work for the first-time storyteller arranged in ethnopoetic style. These multicultural tales will delight any audience. Publisher Description For those who want to begin storytelling but dont know where to start, The Storytellers Start-Up Book offers everything one could ask for. Margaret Read MacDonald, a folklorist and childrens 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. 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. 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. Author Biography Margaret Read MacDonald Bio: Margaret Read MacDonald is a professional storyteller, award winning author and highly respected consultant who travels the world telling stories and conducting workshops for educators. Her most popular workshop Playing with Stories" has been offered in over 70 countries. She has been invited to storytelling and literary festivals in Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand and Singapore. In addition, Dr. MacDonald teaches storytelling to classroom teachers for the Lesley University Creative Education through the Arts program. For years, she also taught storytelling as an Adjunct Professor with the University of Washington Information School. Dr. MacDonald is the author of over 60 books on folklore and storytelling topics, including many award winning folktale picture books. She has been telling stories since 1964 in her work as a childrens librarian, and she holds a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University along with an M.Ed.EC. (Educational Communications Masters) from the University of Hawaii and a Masters of Library Science (MLS) from the University of Washington. She is well known for her ability to create texts that delight the ear and are easy for teachers to share. Teaching with Story contains 20 of these useful stories that can be used by teachers with their students. Details ISBN 0874833051 ISBN-13 9780874833058 Title The Storyteller's Start-up Book Author Mary Read MacDonald Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 216 Publisher August House Publishers GE_Item_ID:137146416; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780874833058
Book Title: The Storyteller's Start-up Book
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Storyteller's Start-Up Book : Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales Including Twelve Tellable Tales
Publisher: August House Publishers, Incorporated
Subject: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Storytelling, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies, Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2006
Item Weight: 11.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Margaret Read Macdonald
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Juvenile Fiction, Performing Arts, Education
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
