De Las Casas, Dianne

"Learn best practices for engaging audiences with this compilation of storytelling tips and frightfully fun tales"--Provided by publisher.

An adaptation of the traditional tale of Cinderella with animals rather than humans as characters.

Presents adaptations of twenty-five folktales from Asia that are ideal for classroom use, using the Japanese method of Kamishibai storytelling, with tips for using the stories to coach students in the art of Kamishibai Story Theater and suggestions for coordinating grade-level story productions.

Presents twenty-five stories that combine handmade props with storytelling for children pre-kindergarten to third grade.

A folktale from New Orleans that explains why cockroaches and chickens are not the best of friends.

Presents tangram tales in a story theater process for use by elementary teachers and teaching artists. Includes roles for students as storytellers, tangram artists, and chorus members. Also explains other tangram methods such as individual tales and original student tales.

Ma Farmer craves sweet potato pie but needs help to harvest a homegrown sweet potato--in this version of the Russian folktale, The Giant Turnip. Includes recipe and directions to make sweet potato pie.

A scary Halloween version of "The House that Jack Built," featuring a witch, black cat, skeleton, and other spooky images.

Provides an introduction to participation stories for teachers, librarians, and other storytellers, discusses types of audience participation, describes audience management skills, features twenty-five adapted stories from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Ireland, Korea, Norway, Spain, and West Africa appropriate for children from kindergarten through sixth grade, each with a list of tell-along techniques, and includes warm-up and settle-down activities.

Contains twenty-five spooky, supernatural stories suitable for storytelling activities for first through fifth grade students, and includes stage notes and suggestions on how to present each tale.