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Some Terrific Books
Storytelling How-to and Idea Books:
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy
The Storytelling Coach by Doug Lipman
A Beginner’s Guide to Storytelling from the National Storytelling Press
Storytelling Activities by Norma Livo and Sandra Rietz
*The Storyteller’s Start-up Book by Margaret Read MacDonald - one of my all time favorites
Storyteller by Ramon Royal Ross
Storytelling for Young Adults by Gail de Vos
Story Collections (General):
Crazy Gibberish and Othe Story Hour Stretches by Naomi Baltuck
Folktales of England edited by Katharine M. Briggs and Ruth L. Tongue (and any of Katharine Briggs’ collections)
Sweet Land of Story by Pleasant DeSpain
Jack Tales and Grandfather Tales edited by Richard Chase (both classics; both well used by storytellers)
English Fairy Tales collected by Joseph Jacobs
Three Minute Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald
Ready-to-Tell Tales and More Ready-to-Tell Tales edited by David Holt and Bill Mooney
Whoppers Tall Tales and Other Lies collected by Alvin Schwartz
Homespun edited by Jimmy Neil Smith (this is like the storyteller’s bible!)
Favorite Folktales from Around the World edited by Jane Yolen
World Folktales An Anthology of Multicultural Folk Literature by Anita Stern
Story Collections (Halloween)
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. A book of Scary Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand
Scared Witless. Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell by Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
Graveyard Tales, audio recording by the National Storytelling Press
Ask the Bones retold by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (and More...) by Alvin Schwartz
Ghostwise collected by Dan Yashinsky
Favorite Scary Stories of American Children by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young
The Scary Story Reader by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young
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