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The author, a storyteller, musician, folklorist, and teacher, went to English-as-second-language courses, first in Chicago then elsewhere, both to share with young immigrants some of the English-language oral traditions, and to elicit from them folktales from their own cultures and families. He sets out the process he used so that others can follow him, and shares stories from Latin America, eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytelling, a form of communication that dates back to the dawn of humanity. It is an ʺA to Zʺ collection of over 700 entries covering such major storytelling elements as motifs, character types, tale types, place names, and creation mythologies and storytelling techniques of cultures around the world. Examples of subjects covered are the contributions of pioneering...

In this book, you'll descover an easy-to-learn three-step method for turning your life experiences, and those of your family, into great bedtime stories, all without notes or memorization. Best of all, you'll make bedtime one of the happiest parts of the day.

A guide to make storytelling profitable.

"Anthony Wonderley sheds light on a rich yet nearly forgotten body of Native American literature. He explores uniquely Iroquois components in Oneida oral narrative as it existed in the early twentieth century. Drawn largely from journals by non-Indian scholar Hope Emily Allen, the book includes newly discovered field notes - documents of an oral tradition no longer extant - and opens a door on the golden age of Iroquois folklore (ca. 1880-1925). "What...

In ten oral histories recorded by Martin, Mexican American women of the Southwest reach as far back as the turn of the century to recall family history and genealogy, secular and religious traditions, work and leisure, living conditions, and personal values.