Folktales Aloud: Practical Advice for Playful Storytelling

by Janice M. Del Negro

Overview

A good folktale triggers the imagination, connecting children to a wider world as well as increasing their vocabulary and comprehension skills. In this delightful and easy-to-use book, teacher and storyteller Del Negro gives librarians, teachers, and parents the keys to storytelling success. Including more than a dozen original adaptations of folktales from around the world, tailored specifically for library and classroom use, sheReviews storytelling basics such as selecting a tale and learning the storyOffers tips for dealing with stage fright and reluctant listenersPresents a bibliography of recommended online and print resources, steering readers to more wonderful tales to tellFor young listeners the folktale is a perfect gateway to the exciting worlds of culture and literature, and Del Negro’s book invites their engagement with proven techniques and original story scripts that can be used by experienced as well as beginning tellers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838911358
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	12/02/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Janice M. Del Negro is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, where she teaches storytelling, children’s and young adult literature, and foundations of library and information science. She is also on the advisory board for the Butler Center, Dominican’s new center for children’s and young adult literature. Before coming to Dominican, she was the editor for The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. Her list of presentations and publications is extensive and includes a textbook on storytelling coauthored with Ellin Greene; two children’s picture books, the ALA Notable Book Willow and the Wind and Lucy Dove, which won the Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award; and a collection of supernatural tales for young adults, Passion and Poison. She has served on several ALA book selection committees and is an active storyteller, having appeared at the National Storytelling Festival and similar events around the country.