Story Lovers World CONNECTING PEOPLE THROUGH STORIES S O S —.S I T E .M A P STORY LOVERS WORLD SOS: SEARCHING OUT STORIES Fairy Tales, Folklore, Fables, Nursery Rhymes, Myths, Legends, Bible and Classics For story lovers, storytellers, healers, teachers, librarians, environmentalists, students, parents and grandparents. Story Lovers World celebrates the world's best-loved stories and rhymes! Whenever you're searching for a particular story or category of stories, this Story Lovers World web page is the first place to look. Be sure to add it to your bookmarks right now so that you may return to it time after time with a minimum of effort. This unique, comprehensive and free archive has been growing for the past 12 years. It contains references to hundreds of categories and thousands of stories, suggested by professional storytellers, librarians, healers, environmentalists and teachers from all around the world. You'll find full stories, abridged stories, book references, and descriptions of actual experiences and helpfpul hints in telling these tales. Recently, for your convenience, Story Lovers World has been adding thematic links in each category to specific books for all ages, Kindle books, DVDs, music CDs, spoken word CDs, toys, games, classroom activities and celebrations, artwork and supplies, jewelry and online links to more stories and information. All of the lists are categorized for easy navigation. When you find the category or story you're looking for, simply click on it and immediately you will access the information you need. Story Lovers World also offers vintage greeting cards, stationery products, Bare Bones books, storytelling calendars, postcards and notepads. It features stories and rare illustrations / artwork by the world's finest artists from the early 20th century. It's a one-of-a-kind website! To add to the lists below at any time or if you have questions or suggestions, please e-mail me. Thanks! Jackie Baldwin jackie@storyloversworld.com http://www.story-lovers.com If this free SOS archive is helpful to you, please consider making a donation to continue this work. (takes 5 seconds to activate) Thanks! Mailing address: P.O. Box 446, Sonoma, CA 95476 The Story-Lovers home page is at: http://www.story-lovers.com

4) COLLECTIONS AND ANTHOLOGIES

Aesop's Fables
Ancient World, Stories from (also listed as Stories from the Ancient World)
Andersen, Hans Christian Stories
Andrew Lang Colored Fairy Tale Books
Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival
Beowulf Sources
Bible Stories
Earth Tales From Around the World
East O' the Sun, West O' the Moon Stories
Fairy Tale Anthologies for Children
Folktales of All Nations
Greco-Roman Mythology/Classics: Teaching in the Classroom
Jack Tales
Lang, Andrew Colored Fairy Tale Books
Old World Folktales
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" resources
Worldwide Folklore and Mythology
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5) FOOD STORIES AND INFO

Apple Stories
Chocolate Stories
Coffee Stories
Egg Stories
Food Stories
Fruit Stories
Healthy Eating Stories (also Picky Eating Stories)
Herb Folklore, History and Facts
Honey Stories
Jellybean Stories
Johnny Appleseed
"Onions & Garlic" Variations
Peach Stories, including Peach Boy
Pie Stories
Recipes and Stories
Salt Stories
Scary Food Stories to Tell Aloud
Strawberry - Tiger - Zen Story
Sugar Stories
Tea Stories and Poems
Turnips, Carved
Wine, Importance of
Watermelon Stories
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6) HOLIDAYS, SEASONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS STORIES and BOOKS

Holiday Resources
Babushka and the Three Wise Men
Campfire Stories
Christmas Quotes and Greetings (in various languages)
Christmas Stories (Santa Express included)
...Santa Claus Stories
Easter Stories
Egg Stories (Easter)
Father's Day Stories
Patriotic Stories (also 4th of July)
Halloween Crafts and Games
a) Ghost Stories on the Sea
b) Spooks and Spectres Stories
Hanukkah Stories
Kwanzaa Stories
Lent Stories
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mother's Day Stories
New Year's Stories
Rosh Hashana Stories
Springtime Stories
Thanksgiving Stories
Valentine's Day Stories
Winter - Winter Solstice Stories
Yom Kippur Stories
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7) HOW TO CONTACT PEOPLE

Bruchac, Joseph website (also Jim Bruchac)
Eldrbarry website
Chinen, Allan
Finding Storytellers
Haven, Kendall
Kanegis, Bob
Keding, Dan
Kovalik, Susan & Associates
MacDonald, Margaret Read
Marsh, Richard website
Otto, Steve
Parent, Michael
Pearmain, Elisa website
Regan-Blake, Connie website and other info
Shepard, Aaron website
Sheppard, Tim website

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8) STORIES, BOOKS, WEBSITES AND INFO ABOUT
STORIES AND STORYTELLING

Bibliography Core for Storytelling/Storytellers
Books of Interest, Miscellaneous
Books on Folklore: Where to Buy
Books on Writing and using storytelling techniques to teach writing
Closings for Storytellers (see also Openings)
Coaching/Teaching Books and Sources
Cross-Culturual Telling
Education and Storytelling
Enchanted World (Time-Life) Index
Fairy Tale Reference Sources
Fees - Pricing for Storytellers
Finding Storytellers
Folktale Types
History of Storytelling
Improv for Storytellers
Learning Stories - Different Methods
Learning Through Storytelling
Librarians' list of subjects they would like to cover in a storytelling workshop
Libraries, with extensive lists of relevant websites
Library Stories
Miscellaneous Book Titles
Openings for Storytellers (see also Closings)
Pricing for Storytellers (see Fees above)
Props and Storytelling
Sound Systems
Stories About Stories and Storytelling
Story Collections on the Internet
"Storyteller" Names in Other Languages
Storytellers in Literature
Storytelling and Teaching History
Storytelling for Ministers
Storytelling for Parents; Parenting - Discipline Stories
Storytelling, Healing and Transformation
Storytelling in Classrooms (instructional information for storytellers)
Storytelling Segues
Why Storytelling? Which Books?
Writing and Telling Stories, includes Memorization / Memorizing / Memorize
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9) GENERAL CATEGORY

Arts: Art, music, crafts, dance, draw and tell, cut and tell
...Artist Stories
...Artwork, Stories based on Artwork
...Ballads/Music
...Ballerina Stories
...Books to Sing and Dance To
...Bracelet Stories
...Broom-making
...Cartooning - Animation; Drawing
...Circus Stories
...Cloth Folding - Handkerchief Folding Stories
...Dance Stories
...Drawing or Draw-and-Tell Stories
...Folklore and Music
...Harps and Storytelling
...Inventors and Inventions Stories
...Knitting Stories
...Learning a New Skill Stories
...Lute Info
...Lyrics to Songs Sources
...Music Stories
...Music and Folklore
...Musical Instruments Sources
...Musician-Storytellers Marketing Opportunities
...Natural Dyes Sources and Information
...Paper Folding Stories and Crafts (also Cut and Tell)
...Puppets — Activities, Crafts, Sources, Games, Songs
...Rag Rugs
...Song Lyrics Sources
...
Bible, Religion:
...Baby Jesus Stories
...Bible Stories
...Biblical Women
...Ministers' Storytelling
...Rabbi Stories
...Religious Stories (including Christian, Jewish and others)
...Sacred Stories
...Shepherd's Prayer Sources
...Spiritual Stories
...Storytelling for Ministers

Emotions: Stories involving human emotions
...Anger Stories
...Character Traits Stories (kindness, patience, caring, courage, self-discipline, etc.)
...Conflict Resolution
...Courage and Hope Stories
...Depression and Recovery Stories
...Difficult Stories
...Fear Stories
...Forgiveness Stories
...Generosity Stories
...Gratitude Stories
...Greed Stories
...Grief Stories (dealing with loss and grief); also Loss Stories
...Honesty, Friendship and Kindness Stories
...Hope and Courage Stories
...Loss and Grief Stories
...Patience Stories (see also: Tolerance Stories and Respect Stories)
...Perseverance Stories
...Respect Stories (see also Tolerance Stories and Patience Stories)
...Responsibility Stories
...Suicide
...Tolerance Stories (see also: Patience Stories and Respect Stories)

High Tech Info:
...CD Business Cards
...CDs as Sleep Inducers
...CDs, Recording and Promoting
...DVD vs VHS
...Electronic Publishing
mGenerators at Festivals
...GPS system
...High Tech - Misc.
...Mac Pros and Cons
...Palm Devices
...PDF File Info
...Podcasting
...Sound Systems
...Radio Storytelling Techniques
...Recording Live Performances
. .Recording Voice Directly Onto Computer
...Showcase Prep
...Tape Recorders / Recording - General Information
...Teleconferencing
...Video Samples, Making and Effectiveness
...Website Advice and Design

The Human Condition: events, celebrations, rituals, situations
...Abundance Stories
...Adoption Stories
...Aging and Death Stories
...Alternative Lifestyles (e.g., gay, lesbian)
...Alzheimer's info, telling to groups and examples
...Birth Stories
...Birth / Death Stories
...Birth, New Beginnings Stories
...Bullying Stories
...Change, Stories About
...Cheating Death Stories
...Cooperation Stories
...Couples Stories (see also Valentine's Day stories and Love Stories)
...Death Stories: Helping children understand and deal with death
...Death Stories
...Death and Humor Stories
...Different Perspectives - Stories told from different points of view
...Disability Stories (Hero With a Disability)
...Diversity Stories
...Divorce Stories
...Drinking Stories
...Drug Prevention Stories
...Etiquette Stories
...Freedom Stories
...Friendship Stories
...Funeral Stories
...Graduation Stories
...Illness Stories
...Injustice Stories
...Inspirational Stories
...Justice Stories
...Knowledge Stories
...Listening Skills
...Love Stories and Love Challenges (see also Valentine's Day Stories)
..."Loss of Sight" Stories; also "Blind"
...Memory Stories
...Menstruation Stories
...Mentally Handicapped - Stories for and about - How to tell for this group
...Opportunity Stories - taken, missed, delayed decisions
...Parenting - Discipline Stories
...Peace Stories and Peace Child Legend
...Power Stories
...Racism / Ageism / Prejudice Stories
...Re-Marriage Stories
...Sacrifice Stories
...Scapegoat Stories
...Simplicity Stories
...Slavery and Underground Railroad Stories
...Stepmother (Wicked) and Stepfamily Stories and Folklore
...Stress Management Stories
...Substance Abuse Stories
...Taxes, Folktales about
..."Temper Tantrum" Stories
...Unity Stories
...Volunteer Stories
...War and Peace Stories
...Wisdom Tales


Miscellaneous:
...
...Alphabet
...Anthropomorphic Maps
...Bardic Tradition
...Beer-Ale Stories
...Book Titles, Miscellaneous
...Books to Sing and Dance To
...Born Lucky
...Clip Art - Free from Internet
...Clown Stories
...Dolls, Storytelling (Pueblo)
...Elizabethan Storytellers
..."English As She Is Spoke" Source
...Euphemisms for "Stupid"
...Fairy Tales and Physics/Time
...Group Participation, Group Singing
...Information, Silence and Sanctuary
...Library Resources
...Limberjack Doll
. .Little Black Sambo
...Lord of the Rings Websites
...Luck - Born Lucky
...Miracle Stories
,,,Mirror Stories
...Myths
...Names, Stories about
...Original Storytellers
...Panchatantra Stories
...Party Games
...Philosopher's Club Stories
...Pickpocket Stories
...Play is Not a Four-Letter Word
...Pogo Sites
...Popcorn Stories
...Quotations and Sources (includes story, storytelling, art and writing)
...Rainforest Stories
.. Rubezahl
...Science Fiction Storytelling
...Shakespeare Info
...Spinning Wheel Information
...Sounds of the World's Animals
...Storytelling Blogs You'll Love!
...Storytelling Dolls (Pueblo)
...Storytime Warmups and Story Stretchers
,,,Those Good Ol' Days (memories of the '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s)
...Telling to Family Audiences and Tiny Tots
..."Three Hares " - as symbol
...TIPS column from Storytelling Magazine by Mary Garrett
...Tongue Twisters
...Websites with full text of stories on them,,,
...Workshops

Stories, specific by name of story or category:
..."Aaron Kelly" story
..."Babushka and the Three Wise Men"
..."Baby with Wings"
..."(The) Ball Game Between the Birds and Animals"
..."The Barking Mouse" story
..."(The) Beautiful Heart" Sources
..."Bird in the Hand" story
..."Black Bubblegum" Source
..."Blind Man Catches the Bird"
..."Blind Men and the Elephant" fable and various versions of it
..."Blind" Stories; also "Loss of Sight"
..."Blue Rose" Sources
..."(The) Bridge at San Martin"
..."Cinderella" Stories and Variants
..."Cracked Pot" Story
..."Curse of Kehama"
..."(The) Day It Snowed Tortillas"
..."Dame Ragnell" ("Sir Gawain and the Green Knight")
..."Death in a Nut" Story & Sources
..."(The) Difference Between Heaven and Hell"
..."Empty Pot" Sources
..."Epaminondas" or "Epiminondas"
..."Fortunately, Unfortunately' (see also "That's Good, That's Bad")
..."Frankenstein Story" and 2nd Graders (plus otherkids)
..."(The) Freedom Bird" - full text
..."French King and Salamander" Sources
..."Funny Baby" Stories (for a baby shower)
..."Fur-Bearing Clams - Trout" Story
..."Girl in a Watermill"
..."God's Porridge"
..."Gossip" Stories
..."Granny Gifts" Story - bones
..."Gwinna" - story
..."Headless Horseman" story
..."Hedley Kow" story
..."How Disease and Medicine Came Into the World" story
..."How Fire Got Into Sticks and Trees"
..."How Sun Came to Be"
..."Hundredth Dove" Source
..."(The) Husband Who Was to Mind the House" - Story and Sources
..."Jack and the Haunted (Hainted) House"
..."Johnny Appleseed"
..."King of Togo Togo"
..."Knick-Knack, Hop in My Sack"
..."Learn to Write in the Sand"
..."Legs Down the Chimney"
.. "(The) Little Old Woman Who Hated Housework"
..."Mr. Fox in the Classroom"
..."(The) Man Who Married a Mara"
..."(The) Man Who Minded the House"
..."Master of All Masters"
..."Me Mate Spider and the Mosquitoes"
..."Mitten" Story
..."Monkey's Paw" Story
..."Necklace of Tears" Story
..."The Noisy House" - several versions
..."Not All There" Sayings (see also "Stupid" Sayings)
..."Old Joe and the Carpenter" - story and sources
..."Old Man Bucket" Story
..."(The) Old Woman and Her Pig" story
..."Old Woman in the Vinegar Bottle" story
..."(The) One I Feed" story
..."Pedlar of Swaffham" Story & Sources
..."Pick-Pocket Baby"
..."Pollution, Polluion" (Tom Lehrer song) #40
..."Questions With No Answers"
..."Rainbow People" Stories
..."Rapunzel"
..."Rubezahl"...
.. "Rumpelstiltskin"
..."St. George and the Dragon" (Saint) Sources
..."Santa Sombra, the Holy Shadow" Sources
..."Saraswati, the River Goddess" stories and sources
..."Seven" Stories
..."Shade Story" Source
..."(The) Silent Couple" - text
..."Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" resources
..."Sody Salleratus" Sources
..."Spaghetti Bush" Story Sources
..."Starfish" story
..."Stonecutter" Story
..."The Story of the Half Blanket"
.. "Stone Soup" Stories
..."Story Stone, The" Sources
..."Strega Nona" Sources
..."Stupid" Sayings (how dumb can someone be?) or "Not All There"
..."Talking Pot" Story
..."Tam Lin" Story Sources
..."Teacher's Underwear" Story
..."Terry's Tale" (energy story)
..."That's Good, That's Bad" Stories (see also Fortunately, Unfortunately)
..."The Wolf I Feed" story or "The One I Feed" by Vickie Smith
..."The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies" sources
..."The Woodcutter" Story
..."Three Caskets" / Chests Source
..."Three Dolls" (Identical)
..."Three Old Women" Stories
..."Three Princes of Serendip" sources
..."Three Questions" Story and Sources
..."Three Sillies" story
..."Three Strong Women" Sources
..."Till Ulenspiegel" Stories
..."Tilly" Story Source
..."Tops and Bottoms" sources
..."(The) Tree That Survived the Winter"
..."Trouble in the Bubble" bones
..."Twist Mouth Family" Story
..."Two White Horses" Sources
..."Wali Dad, Gifts of"
..."Walk in the Woods" Stories (non-scary)
..."Waltzing With Bears"
..."When the Wind Blows" story
..."Why the Snowflake is White" story


Stories / Books, specific by name of author
...Cooke, Alistair
...Farjeon, Eleanor stories
...Hurston, Zora Neale stories
...Kaye, Danny—Master of all Masters
.. McCrumb, Sharyn books
...Pyle (Howard) stories
...Shepard, Jean - stories

Stories, specific by subject or type
...Angels / Miracles Stories
...Animal Transformation
...Archery / Archer Stories
...Armor (Suit of Armor) Stories
...Arthurian Legends
...Baby with Wings
...Battle of the Sexes Stories
...Bell Witch Cave
..."Big" Stories
...Bingo Stories
...Blacksmith Stories
...Blessings and Blessing Stories
...Boogers, Haints and Salt
...Bridge Stories
...Bundles - Stories
...Bunyan, Paul
...Candle Stories...
...Changeling Stories (also Charms and Changelings)
...Children as Heroes Stories
...Civil War Stories
...Clever Wife / Clever Husband
..."Color" Stories
...Community Stories
......Community Development Stories
......Construction and House Stories
......Home Stories, the Importance of Home
......Public Consultation
......Stories About Houses
...Cowboy Stories
...Creation Stories
...Doll Stories (including Gollywogs)
...Dragon Stories
...Drawing or Draw and Tell Stories
...Drum Stories
...Earth Day Stories
...Earth Tales from Around the World
...Ecology Stories
...Elder Stories
...Elders - Wisdom and Non-Wisdom
..."Energy" Stories
...Environment Stories (also listsed as Plants, Nature and Ecology Stories)
...Eulenspiegel, Till — Stories
...Eulogy Stories
...Fairies Stories
...Family: Stories to Strengthen the Family
...Fan Stories
...Farting Stories (also Poo-Poo and Wee-Wee)
...Fathers and Children Stories
...Feet and Toes Stories
..."Fire" Stories
...Fisherman Stories
...Five Senses Stories
..."Flight" Stories
...Flood Stories (see also Water Stories, Water and Women Stories, Ocean Stories)
...Flowers and Plants
...Flowers: Meanings and Legends
...Funniest Stories
...Gap-Toothed Women
...Garden Stories
...Giant Stories
...Gifts and Gift Giving Stories
...Gifts of Wali Dad
...Gingerbread/Peanut Boy Stories
...Gold Rush, California stories
...Grandparent Stories
...Grateful Dead Stories
...Group Singing, Group Participation
...Gypsy Stories & Lore & History
...Harvest Stories
...Hat Stories
...Harvest Stories
...Heirloom Stories
...Hero With a Disability Stories
...Hidden Talents / Skills Stories
...Historical Stories, Recorded
...Hodja Stories
...Holocaust Stories
...Home Stories, the Importance of Home
...Humorous Stories
...Hundred Years Stories...
...If the Shoe Fits ... stories
...Imagination Stories
...Island Stories
...Jack Tales
...Jazzy Stories
...Jellybean Stories
...Jellyfish Stories
...Journalist Stories
...Jump Tales
...Jungle Stories
...Kalevala National Epic (Finland)
...King Arthur stories
...La Llorona Sources, Folklore and Research
///Lawyer Stories
...Lazy Men and Women Stories; including Lazy Jack Stories
...Learning English Stories
...Legends
...Leprechaun Stories
...Letters (correspondence) used in stories
..."Little People" Stories
...Lucky - Born Lucky
..."Magic Fishbone" Story
...Magician Stories
...Manure Stories
...Mask Stories (or Transformation)
...Math and Number Stories
...Medieval Stories
...Mermaids - Stories
...Merman - Mermen Stories
...Mistletoe Stories
...Music and Folklore
...Myths
...Nature Girl Heroines
...Nature Stories
...Noodleheads, Numbskulls and Fools Stories
...Nursing Home Stories
...Myths, Parallel—from around the world
. .Ocean Stories (see also Water Stories, Water and Women Stories, Flood Stories)
...Ogre and Troll Stories
...Old People Stories (including "The Story of the Half Blanket")
...Old Wives' Tales (yucky things)
...Orchid Stories & Lore
...Oral Histories (collecting)
...Orphan Trains
..."Out of Step" Stories
...Panchatantra Stories
...Pajama/Hat Stories
,,,Paul Bunyan
...Paul Revere
...Pencil Stories
...Pickpocket Stories
...Pins and Needles Stories
...Pirate Stories
...Plants Nature & Ecology Stories
...Poems (incl. Family Poems & Story Poems)
...Poison Ivy Stories
...Political Stories
...Popcorn Stories
...Porquoi Tale (also see Category #1, Stories—5 to 8 Year Olds)
...Princes and Princesses Stories
...Princesses and Peasant Boys Stories
...Psychic Toilet Stories
...Pueblo Storytelling Dolls
...Quilting Stories (including African-American)
...Rainbow Stories
...Rainforest Stories
...Reading Programs
...Reading Stories
...Recycling Stories
...Redheaded Stepchild Stories
...Renaissance Stories
...Report Card Stories (appropriate to tell at this occasion)
,,,Revere, Paul
...River Stories
...St. Patrick's Day Stories, Games, Rhymes, etc.
...Sandpiper Stories
...Science Stories
...Sea Stories
...Seasonal Stories
...Selkie Stories
...September 11th Stories
..."She was only ..." Sayings
...Silversmith/Silver Stories
...Simplest Stories for Student Tellers
...Sing and Dance To, Books and Stories
...Skeleton Stories (including Dancing Skeleton)
...Snow/Snowflake Stories
...Soap Stories
...Solstice Stories
...Sorcerers and Spells Stories
...Sports and Recreation Stories
...Spy Stories
...Stealing Stories
...Stones & Rocks Stories
...Strong Women Stories (also includes Wise Women)
...Sun, Moon and Stars Stories
...Surprise Endings
...Tablecloth Stories
...Tall Tales, Whoppers and Lies
...Tea Stories and Poems
...Team Work Stories
...Time - Stories, Myths & Folklore
...Teeth - Tooth Stories
...Tooth Fairy Stories
...Train Stories
...Travellers (aka Tinkers) Stories
...Tree Stories
...Tree of Life Stories
...Trickster Tales
...Truth Stories
...Twist in the Tale, With a
...Typhoon Stories ("Big Wind")
..."Ugly" Stories or "How to tell Ugly"
...Ulenspiegel, Till — Stories (also spelled Till Eulenspiegel and Ulenspighel)
...Umbrella Stories
...Underseas Stories
...Urban Legends
...Veterans, Stories for
...Volcanoes and Earthquakes
...Water Stories (see also Flood Stories and Ocean Stories)
...Water and Women Stories
...Weather Stories
...Wedding Quotes and Stories
...Wild, Wild West Stories
...Wise Magistrate Stories
...Witch Stories
...Wizard Stories...Women in History
...Women of the Bible
...Women's Stories
...Wooden Sword Stories
...WPA Stories
...Zen Stories - Tiger - Strawberry

• Perhaps many on this listserve already know of this site, but it was a new discovery for me and I was completely charmed. These are folktales written by children and posted on the web. They're wonderful to read. I hope some of you find them as captivating as I do.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/folktale_readall.asp

• I belong to several that some of you might be interested (other than storytell the volume isn't too heavy):
CHILDREN'S ARTIST Listserv:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/childrensartists
HEALING STORY Listserv:
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/healingstory.html
SPECIAL POPULATIONS and ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS Listserv : The initial idea of the Roundtable called by NYSCA was to bring together arts groups who work with Special Populations and in Alternative Educational Settings. So far I have found good people involved with it, those who want to move forward and accomplish. People have been more than generous with their expertise and their time. The address for the listserv is: SPAESRoundtable@yahoogroups.com At this point anyone can join in the conversation by subscribing to the listserv:ASSOCIATION of TEACHING ARTISTS. This is a listserv set up by the New York State Association of Teaching Artists - but may have some interest for others. Anyone can join in the conversation by subscribing to the listserv:
associationofteachingartists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
WORKING STORIES Listserv - explores organizational storytelling.
http://lists.gjhost.com/mailman/listinfo/workingstories

• This is a page of storytelling links on a site for lawyers
http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lawyerslit/story.html

• Storytelling in the Classroom by Jeff Gere, Daniel Kelin II; Beth-Ann Kozlovich (2002)
http://www.prel.org/products/pr_/storytelling.htm
This selection of classroom resources is useful for teachers seeking to develop literacy skills in elementary school students through storytelling. Information and classroom activities from three unique perspectives on speech and performance are included.
•••••
http://www.newstips.org/interior.php?section=PR+Tips&main_id=141
has a guided press release creator tool (first link in the text on this page) which willproduce a formatted press release. You can either print the formatted release or copyit into an email. (The formatting will be retained if you can send out formatted email.) You might also want/need to copy it into a word processing tool for final tweaks. I've found this helpful when sending out press releases this fall. Karen Wollscheid originally found this site and sent it out to the NSN Producers and Organizers Special Interest Group.

• From Armenia to Wales, Chinese New Year to Ramadan, it's all here. Great site especially to add some tidbits to your storytelling during the holidays.
Holiday Traditions
http://www.msichicago.org/temp_exhibit/catw2004/traditions/

• NCES - National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. Contains listings for all (nearly) schools in your city with addresses and phone numbers, but no contact names.

• A couple of months ago Google made its new toy available:
http://scholar.google.com/
Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature

So if you search on 'storytelling' for instance you'll find lots of links to scholarly articles, citations, books etc. For instance
[PDF] <http://scholar.google.com//url?q=http://cid.nada.kth.se/pdf/cid_69.pdf>
Designing Storytelling
<http://scholar.google.com//url?q=http://cid.nada.kth.se/pdf/cid_69.pdf>Technologies to
Encourage Collaboration Between Young Children

The great thing for researchers is that it even turns up citations to papers and books that are not online, and gives links to help find their offline home - eg. giving a library search for books.

While you're exploring you might like to look at http://labs.google.com/ - these labs are where google make their latest toys available before they are ready for full public roll-out. There are some great services, including personalised alerts to the latest web links on your favourite subject.

The number one place to find texts online is the Online Books page at
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
It doesn't archive all the texts, just provides links to where they are, and it's constantly updated with new additions. It compiles all the titles from Gutenberg and all the other archives, so it's a single point of reference. There's a new additions page for convenience, and of course a search page. There's also a foreign language page.

This is a goldmine for folktales, and there are hundreds of old out-of-copyright folklore books being added all the time. For instance just in the last two days these have appeared, amongst several others:

* http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/hbs/index.htm Heroic Ballads of Servia,
Translated Into English Verse (Boston: Sherman, French, and Company, 1913), ed. by George Rapall Noyes and Leonard Bacon (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
* <http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kog/index.htm>The Key of Gold: 23 Czech Folk Tales,
Tim S.

• Here is a list of websites that allow kids to hear storytellers?
http://bogota.soehd.csufresno.edu/NYSO/index.html
http://www.epfl.net/kids/estories/ESTORIES_archive_list.cfm
http://www.storyarts.org/theatre/index.html
http://abss.k12.nc.us/~storytelling/online.html#video
http://courses.unt.edu/efiga/GOWEST/ (I didn't listen to this one, so check it out for appropriateness.)
Mary Lee S.

• I'm onto a really good thing here:
http://kiddierecords.com/
I've been collecting the mp3 downloads for a few weeks now, and they're great! I've been keeping this as a little secret for myself, but with the arrival of the Little People's Band in Forestland I just have to let you all in on my weekly dose of fun. Features Sonovox! Unbreakable Vinylite Plastic!
Andrew MacP.

• Children's Stories and Free Resources
Free child-safe educational resources, classroom worksheets, children's games and stories, activity ideas for children, teachers and parents.
http://www.babybirdproductions.com

• Compiled by the librarian and students of Sunrise Mountain High School, this incredible index of Folk and Fairy Tales lists stories by country of origin, story title and book title. If you are preparing a multicultural storytelling program this is the place to start!"
http://staffweb.peoriaud.k12.az.us/Karlene_Edwards/New%20SMHS%20Webpage/Miscel
laneous/FolktalesFromAroundtheWorld.htm

• You know me, I am always on the looking for terrific new websites. Thankfully, our own Mary Hamilton asked me to take a look at this one a while ago, before it was ready to go online. May, the fantastic lady who is responsible for the new resource, asked me to review it. To say I was amazed by the wealth of information available is an understatement.

Although there is a yearly subscription fee associated with using the site, in my opinion it is well worth the price. You can also try it out for 30 days free of charge. I plan on highlighting it in the next edition of Storytelling Magazine but thought I would give everyone a heads up. (see below) Enjoy!

Tales Online (http://www.talesunlimited.com ) is a unique searchable database of hard-to-find folktales, fairytales, myths, fables, legends and sagas from around the world. Enjoy a wealth of information, including the complete six volumes of the Stith Thompson's Motif Index, easily accessible in a user-friendly format. Each full-text tale has a summary, analysis, variant titles, and bibliographic and author or publisher notes as available.

An added feature is an "age appropriateness" rating that enables the user to screen tales for violence and adult content. Search through tales from over 60 countries, transcribed texts, and collections from Andrew Lang, George Dascent, Paul Radin and many others. Call 866-255-6252 to get a trial subscription, or visit the Tales Online website.

Introductory yearly individual subscriptions start at just $50.00 and the database is supported by administrative and technical staff under the direction of librarian May Brottman.
Karen C. 10/22/05

Created 1998; last update 1/16/11