Product Description

As recently as 100 years ago, the great majority of people living on this earth were learning things the old-fashioned way by word of mouth. In the last twenty-five years, the spoken grapevine has come back into its own because of the storytelling renaissance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1214495 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-31
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .67" h x 6.85" w x 9.78" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

From School Library Journal
Grades 3-6--All of these 31 stories appear, in some form, in more than one cultural tradition, which the authors point out and attempt to explain in their introduction. The selections are very short (no longer than two pages), easy to learn, and include tips for telling. While this approach may seem ideal for beginning storytellers, the stories are so truncated and oversimplified that they have no flavor or sense of place. Also, they include a great deal of today's colloquialisms, which may make them easier for novices to swallow, but will jar more sophisticated tellers and listeners.

Marlyn K. Roberts, formerly at Torrance Public Library, CA

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