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September Bibliography:

Well at the End of the World
by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Rebecca Walsh. Chronicle Books. 2004.

The Moon in the Well: Wisdom Tales to Transform Your Life, Family and Community
by Erica Helm Meade. Open Court. 2001.

Improving Your Storytelling: Beyond the Basic for All who Tell Stories in Work or Play
by Doug Lipman. August House. 1999.

 


A Few Good Reads for New Tellers:

Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from Around the World.
Edited by Elisa Davy Pearmain, Pilgrim Press, 1998.
One story for each week! A great collection to read together, to learn for telling. Each is a short, but sweet, story. Delightful for adult ears and older kids. Visit her website for more information on wisdom tales.
The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales, Including Twelve Tellable Tales
by Margaret Read MacDonald. August House Publications, 1993.
Have you ever wondered where to begin as a storyteller? Here's the place! Put this book in your hand, and you're on your way. America's Grand Dame of folklore, Margaret Read MaDonald is the name to look for in your library for books on storytelling!

Best-Loved Folktales of the World.
Edited by Joanna Cole. Doubleday Publishing, 1982.
One of the very best anthologies ever! It's filled with many classic tales with a broad cross-section of cultures. Plus, its indexing is most versatile with many cross references, a subject index, a motif index, and an index for what stories are best for what ages. Invaluable to any sotryteller's library.

 


A Few Good Web Sites:
National Storytelling Network
Storytelling Association of Alta California
California Indian Storytelling Association
Strawberry Music Festivals
Mariposa Storytelling Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Center
Heather Forest's Vast Site
Central Sierra Arts Council
Sierra Storytelling Festival