The Storytelling Handbook: A Young People's Collection of Unusual Tales and Helpful Hints on How to Tell Them

by Anne Pellowski

Book Overview

This exciting collection of international stories includes a brief history of the art of storytelling and helpful tips to enhance how you share these easy-to-tell tales. Have you heard about what... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689803117
• ISBN13: 9780689803116
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good advice and good stories

This has some rich examples of entertaining stories both well known and obscure which makes the book worthwhile, and it also includes some excellent advice on how to get started as a storyteller and how to improve your delivery.

Getting Started in Storytelling

Pellowski suggests a number of settings in which young people might become involved in storytelling. She offers tips for selecting and preparing the story, recognizing that different methods of preparation might work best for different stories and/or different performers. Twenty-three stories are included.