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JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH 2012
Women in American
Folklore
Heroines, strong women, witches, ghosts and curious girls await
you.http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/10/women_in_american_folklore.html
The Horned Women -
Celtic
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/cft/cft07.htm
The Miserly Old Woman – India
http://tinyurl.com/blwgcu6
The Story of Two Old
Women - Bangladesh
http://tinyurl.com/cdwxy7v
Old Wives Tales: an exhibition of women's fairy tale art, old and new
http://tinyurl.com/6reh7eb
A Celebration of Women Writers – “A comprehensive listing of links to bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.”
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html
January 23 ushers in the Chinese New Year and this is the Year of the Dragon.
http://tinyurl.com/6reh7eb
A Celebration of Women Writers – “A comprehensive listing of links to bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women.”
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/writers.html
January 23 ushers in the Chinese New Year and this is the Year of the Dragon.
Dragons - Mythical, Mystical, Magical
Creatures! This link http://tinyurl.com/7nhwxhx will take you to a blog post on dragons I wrote
in May of 2011. This post from 2008 offers information and
the legend of the twelve animals of the zodiac.
http://tinyurl.com/yfqejbk
Chinese Folklore -Short Stories for Children
http://tinyurl.com/6rdsb92
http://tinyurl.com/yfqejbk
Chinese Folklore -Short Stories for Children
http://tinyurl.com/6rdsb92
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories – Download
this book by Mary Hayes Davis, Chow-Leung, from 1908.
http://tinyurl.com/yda28q4
The Young Head of the Family
http://tinyurl.com/dx8a9l3The Willow Leaf Eyebrow
http://tinyurl.com/c9qlctj
Looking for some strong heroines to
add to your storytelling repertoire? The books below are filled with stories of
women who definitely don’t need rescuing!
Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale
by Robert D. San Souci
Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales
from Around the World by Kathleen Ragan
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women by Katrin
Tchana
Tatterhood and Other Tales: Stories of Magic and Adventure
by Johnston Phelps
The Woman in the Moon: And Other Tales of Forgotten Heroines by
James Riordan
Women Folk and Fairy Tales by Rosemary Minard
Feminist Collection of Folktales – A Bibliography
http://www2.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/fem.htm
March is Women’s History Month. This link will take you to a blog post I wrote in March of 2010 with stories, curriculum and more. If you are developing a storytelling venue on women history these sites will offer valuable resources.
Storybug.net – Women in ‘Her’story!
A blog post I wrote with many resources for Women’s History Month.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/03/women-in-herstory.html
A blog post I wrote with many resources for Women’s History Month.
February always brings Valentine’s Day to mind but did you know that February 27 is Polar Bear Day? Here are some stories to wake you up from your deep winter hibernation!
Bear Lake – United States
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/the_bear_lake_monster.html
The Bear Who Married a
Peasant’s Daughter - Latvia
http://www.4to40.com/folktales/index.asp?p=The_Bear_Who_Married_A_Peasants_Daughter The Fisherman and the Bear – Maine
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/10/the_fisherman_and_the_bear.html
The Magic Bear -
Inuit
http://learningtogive.org/materials/folktales/MagicBear.asp
Masha and the Bear -
Russian
http://russian-crafts.com/tales/masha.html
March winds will blow our way soon; stories and more
connected to the wind. You may find them here at the link.
The Wayward Wind: Folktales for March
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/03/the-wayward-wind-folktales-for-march.html
The Wayward Wind: Folktales for March
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/03/the-wayward-wind-folktales-for-march.html
2007
January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html
May June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
2008
January
February 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html
Summer 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
2009
January
February 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html
September October 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
November December 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html
September October 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
November December 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
2010
January
February 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html
April May 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_28.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html
April May 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_28.html
July August
2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html
September
October 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html
November December 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html
November December 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
2011
January February 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html
April May 2011http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-april.html
July August 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html
September October 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html
November December 2011
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-november.html
Karen Chace 2013 ©
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