Chalk Talk Stories

by Arden Druce

Overview

Storytellers_librarians, teachers, parents_seeking a unique variation to traditional storytelling will welcome this collection of chalk talk stories. Of special interest, among the twelve stories, are tales for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and rainy days. Pre-school through grade 3.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461657323
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Series:	School Library Media Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Arden Druce was a school librarian for twenty-one years, serving elementary, junior, and senior high schools. Now retired, she also taught grades one through six and is the author of Library Lessons for Grades 7-9, Revised ed. (Scarecrow, 1996) and Chalk Talk Stories (Scarecrow, 1993).

Editorial Reviews

Drawing stories are a great addition to any story time...This large format paperback contains a dozen original stories: animal stories, stories to tell on holidays, birthdays, rainy days, or any day....The author gives some helpful suggestions for telling, so that there's plenty of opportunity for questions, explanations, class participation, surprise endings and follow-up—making the most of the whole story-drawing experience.

The Story Bag: A Storytelling Newsletter

This valuable work will be a fine addition to any collection that serves children.

Library Lane

Drawing stories are a great addition to any story time...This large format paperback contains a dozen original stories: animal stories, stories to tell on holidays, birthdays, rainy days, or any day....The author gives some helpful suggestions for telling, so that there's plenty of opportunity for questions, explanations, class participation, surprise endings and follow-up—making the most of the whole story-drawing experience.

The Story Bag: A Storytelling Newsletter

This is a wonderful tool for those people who are not comfortable storytellers.

Megan Mills

This is a wonderful tool for those people who are not comfortable storytellers.--Megan Mills, Davis School

This valuable work will be a fine addition to any collection that serves children.--Library Lane

...drawings are simple and laid out very clearly, and one need not be artistic to draw a decent copy...will be very useful for the teacher or librarian responsible for creating an ongoing storytime program.--School Library Journal

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