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Below are the sites I offered for the June/July 2013 issue. There are sites to complement the state of Virginia, location for the National Storytelling Conference in 2013, as well as sites to celebrate Thread the Needle Day, Adopt a Cat Month, Canada Day, Cow Appreciation and Yellow Pig Day, and two previous blogs to help you slide into summer!So much to celebrate and so little time! I hope you find something fun to tell!
American Folklore - Folklore from
Virginia; a pour quoi Tale and two ghost stories await.
Richmond.gov – Everything you
need to know about Richmond; business, transportation, maps, tours, cultural
events and more.
http://www.richmondgov.com/index.aspxTripadvisor.com – Read about eighty-two different activities in Richmond, including museums, theater, landmarks, etc., and how other visitors have rated them.
http://tinyurl.com/c5ds5fp
Virginia Historical Society - The Story of Virginia, an American Experience“This award-winning exhibition interprets 16,000 years of Virginia history from the earliest artifacts of Native Americans to Virginia at the beginning of the 21st century. This online version allows you to explore the galleries through a new virtual tour.”
http://www.vahistorical.org/storyofvirginia.htm
Visitrichmondva.com – Another site
to help you plan your trip, including restaurants that cater to groups,
discount coupons, and a free visitor’s guide.
http://tinyurl.com/csexbw6
June is National Adopt a Cat Month and
these stories will have you purring in no time at all!
The Boy Who Drew Cats – Japan
The Cat’s Elopement – Japan
http://tinyurl.com/cllzb9b
Cat and Mouse in Partnership - Germany
http://tinyurl.com/c8uzndv
Domingo’s Cat – South America
http://tinyurl.com/c3kpech
Why Cats and Dogs Never Get Along – Haiti
The Cat’s Elopement – Japan
http://tinyurl.com/cllzb9b
Cat and Mouse in Partnership - Germany
http://tinyurl.com/c8uzndv
Domingo’s Cat – South America
http://tinyurl.com/c3kpech
Why Cats and Dogs Never Get Along – Haiti
You
will find these seven folktales at the link below, along with a few Aesop
fables.
- How Cat’s Got Their Purr – England
- The Master Cat, or Puss n’ Boots - France
- The White Cat - France
- Kissa the Cat - Denmark
- The Lion and the Cat - England
- The Cottager and His Cat - Iceland
- The Clever Cat - Iran
Twelve
different stories about cats from Nigeria, Palestine, Tibet and other countries
around the world.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/cat.html
July 1 is
Canada Day. Here are some tales to celebrate our friends to the north.
Canadian Fairy
Tales by Cyrus Macmillan. Twenty-six folktales published in 1922.
Canadian
Folklore – Twenty-four stories
to add to your repertoire.
Canadian Wonder
Tales
by Cyrus Macmillan, 1918. Find out
How Summer Came to Canada, meet The Boy and His Three Helpers, The Duck with
the Red Feet and many more.
Since the
beaver is Canada’s national symbol I offer you some tales to celebrate our
furry friend.
Native American
Beaver Mythology
Turtle Races
With Beaver
Last Darning Needle – USA
July
25 is Thread the Needle Day; here are some stories to help you “stitch” a story
together!
Baba Yaga –
Russia
http://tinyurl.com/brv2dkvLast Darning Needle – USA
The Darning Needle - England
Spindle, Shuttle and Needle – German
The Tsarevna Frog - Russia
The Wasp, the Winged Needle and the
Spider - Brittany
Two additional blog posts to help you slide into summer!
July
also brings us Cow Appreciation Day and Yellow Pig Day. Here is a blog post on
Barnyard Animals from 2012, which includes stories, curriculum, songs and
crafts.
Down on the Farm – Animal Stories
http://tinyurl.com/bofaktqTwo additional blog posts to help you slide into summer!
Birds, Bees and
Butterflies
Slide Into
Summer with Skits, Stories and Songs
The
link below will take you to all of the Stor e Telling blog posts, with
synopses, from my 2007-2012 columns for the national Storytelling Magazine.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html
Let me know if you find this useful; I love to hear from you! Please note that if you comment on the blog below it will not appear until I allow it to be published. Sadly, I had to implement that fail safe to avoid spam messages from being published. Thank you for understanding.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html
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