The Story Vine: A Source Book of Unusual and Easy-To-Tell Stories from Around the World

by Anne Pellowski

Book Overview

These stories, collected from around the world, require the use of such devices as strings, vines, dolls, and pictures and are accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions for adults telling the stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 002044690X
• ISBN13: 9780020446903
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

Wonderful resource for short and unusual tales

Storytellers are always in need of short but engaging stories to round out a program. Anne Pellowski's THE STORY VINE will not disappoint anyone looking for these types of tales. There are stories using string, trouble dolls, thumb pianos and even sand! Pellowski, as a storyteller who travels all over the world for UNICEF, is uniquely qualified to write such a book. I've had the pleasure of hearing her and meeting her in person, and these stories can frame a multicultural story session nicely. She used a story from each of the ethnic groups to arrive in the area, starting with the Native Americans and ending with the southeast Asian refugees. The use of the props is not at all distracting, as they can be at times, but integral to the telling of each of these stories. If you want some "quickie" stories, if you want unusual tales, or if you want to try to use props effectively in storytelling, this is what you want to see.

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