storytelling

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storytelling

The stone girl's story

A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story--and those of her family--to continue.

Poison

Poison must rely on her wits and her friends after her younger sister is snatched by the phaeries and she decides to seek out the Phaerie Lord in order to retrieve the child.
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A story like the wind

As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy, one of them uses his violin to weave their stories together and give them hope for freedom in the future.
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No boring stories

Bored with sweet, boring picture books about cute and fluffy creatures, a group of unpopular animals tries to write an adventure story featuring themselves, with unwanted help from over-eager Bunny.
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The book thief

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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The land before time

Saro tells a story
2007
Littlefoot and Chomper help Grandpa Longneck bring Saro back to the Great Valley to become the new Story Speaker, but when the group becomes trapped in the Mysterious Beyond, Saro uses his stories to teach them about courage and bravery.
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The quayside cat

Jim, the quayside cat, having heard many tales of life at sea from Old Tregarn, persuades the former ship's cat to join him on a voyage of his own.
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Story puzzles

tales in the tangram tradition
1996
A storytelling method using puzzle pieces as the focus of the story to help develop creativity, introduce new and more complex concepts, learning additional skills for memory, analysis, synthesis, and sequencing, and much more.
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Beyond words

great stories for hand and voice
1995
Presents a collection of twenty folk tales and original stories accompanied by sign language diagrams. Includes information for teachers and parents about story telling and sign language.
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