Stor e Telling Columns: 2007 to 2012 with Synopses

From the Fairy Book by
Dinah Craik
Illustration by Warwick Goble, 1913

In June I began adding all of my 2007 to 2012 Stor e Telling research columns from Storytelling Magazine to my blog. I have now finished individually posting all of the articles. However, I thought it might also be helpful to have all 31 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to access post here.

So pour yourself a cup of tea, a mug of coffee, or a glass of wine, then sit back and dip your toes into the story stream!

2007

January February – Stories to celebrate Arbor Day, Celtic and Cambodian folktales, clip art for the classroom, songs to get the “wiggles out” for the wee ones and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html .

March April – Buddhist tales, biographies, songs, resources for Women’s History Month and stories to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Make sure to stop by the SEED website where you will find stories about the ocean from around the world, complemented by curriculum connections to use in the classroom.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.html 

May June – Creations Myths, Tall Tales, French fairy tales from Perrault and Marie-Catherined´Aulnoy, Greek myths and more.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

July August - In keeping with the Oral History theme of this issue I offered sites for the collecting oral histories, including curriculum guides. There is also an extensive anthology of 57 ghost stories collected by Ernest Rhys published in 1921, myths and legends from Peru, anti-bullying resources and songs to spice up your summer storytelling gigs!

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html

September October - Resources for Grandparent's Day, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Anansi tales, public domain clipart to add spark to your marketing material and more. http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html

November December - Story resources on Australia Day, Chinese New Year, Native American Heritage Month, Czechoslovak Fairy Tales, Basque folktales and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
 
2008

January February - Tales to celebrate Tell A Fairy Tell a Fairy Day,  lesson plans filled with  fairytales and folktales and fun  The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri has generously placed twenty-two years of their journal online. The site contains nearly 500 articles and 10,000 pages with the contents downloadable as pdf files and the classic Art of the Storyteller by Marie Shedlock.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

March April - Business links, downloadable public domain books for St. Patrick's Day, resources for Women's History Month and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html

May June– Story resources to celebrate Mother Goose Day, American folklore for Paul Bunyan Day, a professional photo editing tool, Performers Insurance and Digital Storytelling Rubrics. Of course there are also folktales from around the world including Arab and Georgian tales and storytelling cue cards from Brian Strum.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html

Summer - Stories of the sun, digital storytelling resources, fairy tale writing unit for the classroom, Russian folktales and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html

Fall 2008 - We all remember the difficult turndown in the economy took in 2008 so I devoted the column to sites that would help with travel expenses. The links are all still relevant today, particularly with airline fees and gas prices that seem to continue marching higher and higher. I hope these sites help you trim your business and personal expenses a wee bit because we know that every cent helps!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

 
2009

January February -  This one brings you folktales from around the world including Mardi Gras, the Chinese New Year, love stories for Valentine's Day and of course some Celtic fun for the wearing of the green on St. Patrick's Day.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html

May June -. Stories of the sun, folktales for Cinco De Mayo, from Brazil, Italy, the Allied Nations and more. Also, sites to help you with your storytelling business.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html

July August – Hawaiian folktales, legends and myths, branding strategies and tips for your business and stories of mermaids, selkies and sirens.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html

September October - This issue’s them was storytelling and school residencies so here are some sites to complement the theme. Lesson plans and resources to help you bring “happily ever after” into the classroom and stories for Halloween to fright and delight!
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html

November December - Resources on transformative storytelling, special interest groups, Veteran's Day, Aviation Month resources, and tales to warm your winter days and nights.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2010

January February - The theme for that issue of Storytelling Magazine focused on the National Storytelling Network's Brimstone Awards so there are grant tutorial resources. Since it was the beginning of the New Year there are also useful articles on organizing your home office, story sites to celebrate the Year of the Tiger for the Chinese New Year, and resources for Black History Month and Women's History Month.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html

April May - Stories to celebrate National Frog Month, Tell a Story Day, trickster tales for April Fools and water stories from around the world. Have fun surfing!

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_28.html

July August - There are stories to celebrate Watermelon Day, fairytales from France to celebrate Bastille Day, nature tales and business resources on marketing and branding. 

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html

September October - Digital storytelling and oral history resources, stories to celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival, animal tales. Also, Russian folktales, Halloween stories to keep in your trick or treat bag for next year, and a useful, interactive tool to help you time your stories.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html

November December  - You will find stories to celebrate Diwali, St. Lucia's Day, Christmas, animal tales, and resources on copyright, Stop the Violence Day, and origami.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2011

January February - The theme for this issue was storytelling and music so there are sites filled with songs, ballads, rhymes and finger plays. There are also rabbit stories to complement the 2011 Chinese New Year, bird stories for National Bird Day and three public domain books filled with Irish folktales, fairy tales and legends.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html

April May - The theme for this issue was Storytelling World so you will find a number of online public domain books with fairytales and  folktales from Hungary, Persia, Japan, Mongolia and more. There are also stories to welcome spring and of course, tales of tricksters to honor the fools of April.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/11/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-april.html

July August  - LGBT Themes in Chinese Mythology , creation stories and legends to celebrate summer, animal tales and stories and resources to complement National Lighthouse Day.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-july.html 

September October - The theme of this issue was epic storytelling so you will find links to Gilgamesh, The Mahabharata and The Ramayana, along with a free, public domain books of the world's epics form 1913. In addition there are stories for Halloween, Norse stories to celebrate Leif Erickson Day, and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling.html

November December - There are stories from China, Japan and the Middle East. Also, educational resources from the Smithsonian Education archives and PBS on the Japanese Internment Camps and Native American Legends and Myths for Native American Heritage Month.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-november.html 

2012

January, February March - Resources for Women's History Month, dragon stories to complement the Chinese New Year: Year of the Dragon 2012, stories to celebrate Polar Bear Day, tales for the wayward winds of March and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-january.html

April May - This was the Storytelling World Issue so you will find a wide variety of public domain folktales, myths, legends and fairytales from around the world: Portugal, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Korea, Poland and more spanning back to 1882.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-april.html

June July - Wonderful Celtic resources, myths, folktales, legends as well as three articles on Irish Literature. There are also stories for Father's Day, the religious celebration of Ramadan and folktales from Poland to celebrate Wianki. I hope you have fun exploring!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-june.html

August September - Anti-bullying resources, folktales, fairytales, myths and legends from the countries of Japan, Scotland, Italy, Brazil and others. There are also curriculum connections to complement a variety of topics and themes. And last but not least, copyright resources.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-august.html

October November December - Stories from Ethiopia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and a number of public domain books of folktales, myths, legends and fairytales from Portugal, Poland, South Africa, Italy . You will also find a wonderful site from the National Trust offering thousands of hours of Gaelic and Scots recordings. The project includes folklore, songs, music, history, poetry, traditions, stories and other information. And of course, there are a few other sites thrown in for good measure.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/slow-and-steady-stor-e-telling-october.html

In addition, all of my Stor e Telling columns in Storytelling Magazine from 2002-2006 are listed on the Publication’s Page of my website. One caveat, I have not had the opportunity to recheck all of the links; that is a project for another day. You will find a point and click extravaganza of story research here: http://storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html .

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling January February 2010

Tortoise and Hare
from Childhood's Favorites
and Fairy Tales
1909

I have penned the Stor e Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://www.storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.

Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

JANUARY FEBRUARY 2010

Two sites to complement this Brimstone Award issue.

The Foundation Center - Take a tutorial at the Learning Lab on grant researching, proposal writing, and funding research. Their simple to use search engine will help you easily navigate your way. 

http://fdncenter.org/

How to Write a Grant Proposal: From Summary to Budget

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/foundationfundinggrants/tp/grantproposalhub.htm

Make a clean sweep and start the New Year off in style with these three articles.

Dealing With Clutter –Topics include what to do with specific items (such as financial and tax records) and barriers to getting organized.

http://tinyurl.com/r2e2up

Organizing Your Home Office – Tips to guarding your productivity and setting realistic office hours.
http://tinyurl.com/y9qxkrd

Seven Easy Ways to Stop Procrastinating - I think the title says it all. Get going!
http://tinyurl.com/y9bqghg

January 26 is Australia Day! Join in the fun from the land down under and download these two legendary books.

Australian Legendary Folktales collected by Katie Langloh Parker with an introduction by Andrew Lang.

http://tinyurl.com/yackb55

More Australian Legendary Folktales by Katie Langloh Parker from 1898. http://tinyurl.com/yczxfms

The Chinese New Year, the Year of the Tiger, begins on February 14. Here are some Chinese folktales and terrific tiger tales to help you celebrate in style!

Chinese Fables and Folk Stories - Download this book by Mary Hayes Davis, published in 1908.

http://tinyurl.com/yda28q4

The Old Woman and the Tiger – China
http://members.home.nl/marcmarti/yugur/folktale/tale07c.htm

A Tiger, a Worm a Snail – Vietnamese
http://tinyurl.com/y9fow7o

Why Oxen Do Not Have Upper Front Teeth and Tiger’s has Black Stripes - Khmer
http://khmertales.blogspot.com/2010/03/folk-tale-1-why-oxen-do-not-have-upper.html

Tiger and the Firewood Collector - Bali
http://tinyurl.com/ydoevfe

The Tiger and the Frog - Asia
http://tinyurl.com/yem5tho

The Priest, the Tiger and the Jackal - India
http://tinyurl.com/ye6qugj

The Tiger, the Ram and the Jackal – South Africa
http://tinyurl.com/y9lrjy2

St. Patrick’s Day will soon be here. Some Celtic tales to bring you cheer!

Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland – Legends of the Merrows, Elves, and more.

http://archive.org/details/fairylegendstrad00crokrich

Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales - A lovely collection of Scottish fairy and folk tales. http://tinyurl.com/5curxx

The Welsh Fairy Book - Eighty-four stories along with a page of pronunciation notes. http://tinyurl.com/6gfuhm

February is Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month so I thought I would combine the two.

Black History and Women

“Women are half the human race and they're half of black history, as well. Here are some highlights bringing together black history and women's history.”
http://tinyurl.com/ybus3x7

Famous Hispanic Women - “Hispanic women have contributed to the culture of the world and to American history.” Learn more about them here

http://tinyurl.com/ydwhjeg

Women in Black History - “You'll find women who are famous and women who should be better-known, from early America and slavery to the 21st century, including the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement.”

http://tinyurl.com/ybmjgwb

Women Warriors from 3500BC to the 20th Century - Throughout history women have been involved in battles, sieges, and duels. This site offers a glimpse at women warriors through the centuries.
http://tinyurl.com/ycawlqa

And if you missed any of the pervious “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the series so far.

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

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
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

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

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor E Telling November December 2007

Hare and Tortoise
by
Arthur Rackham, 1912

I have penned the Stor  Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://www.storybug.net/stor-e-telling.html. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well, but I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.


NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2007

A potpourri of folklore websites from around the world to round out the old and ring in the new!

Basque Folktales

Six legends translated from "Euskal Herriko Leiendak".
http://www.buber.net/Basque/Folklore/EHL/

Camel Photos.com

One hump or two? No matter, this site is devoted to camels. Among its cyber pages are some terrific tales about, what else? Camels!
http://camelphotos.com/camel_tales.html

Czechoslovak Fairy Tales

From the Baldwin Project seventeen stories from Czechoslovakia. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=fillmore&book=czech&story=_contents

Felids and Friends

A non-profit organization based in Florida that offers information, articles, quotes and stories and folktales about our fine furry and feathered friends. The following two links will lead you to animal tales. African folktales http://www.felid.org/activities/page_103.htm and Native American legend http://www.felid.org/activities/page_18.htm

Greek Spider

Sixteen stories from the ancient land of Gods and Goddesses.
http://www.greekspiderl.com/greek_folk_tales/                                                                    

Sixty Folktales from Slavonic Sources

From Scared Texts a delightful mix of tales from Bohemia, Moravia, Serbia, Hungary and more.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/index.htm

January 26 is Australia Day for our mates down under and we can virtually celebrate along with them with just a few clicks of the keys!

Australia Day

This site offers a history of the holiday, a timeline, details about national symbols, activities for children,  material for teachers and more. http://www.australiaday.com.au/

Australian Storytelling

I shared this site in 2002 but it’s worth taking it out for a spin again. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda…yes, you even hear music at this fun site from our friends down under. Stories, articles, interviews, guild events, festivals and more. Sure, you can turn of the music if you want to but why? Settle back and smile! http://www.australianstorytelling.org.au/

Indigenous Australia
Hop on board for a wonderful cyber visit to this special land. From the comfort of your easy chair you can explore Indigenous Australia, learn about the cultures and histories, or take a virtual tour of the Australian Museum. The site also offers audio and video clips of stories through storytelling, cultures and histories, teacher resources and more. http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm The prior link from 2007 is now defunct but these two links should offer you the resources you seek: http://www.nma.gov.au/homepage and http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/dreaming

According to the Chinese Zodiac 2008 is the Year of the Rat. Here are some sites to help you celebrate in style.

Chinese Fable Stories
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/story/blyrh.htm

The Frog Who Became and Emperor

http://mrmed0tc0m.tripod.com/folktale.htm

Things Asian – Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2363

November is Native American Heritage Month so I offer you some sites to further your knowledge of their traditions, cultural and stories.

Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest

From the “Beginning of Newness” to “The Spirit Land” you will be entranced by the stories found within these cyber pages offered by Project Gutenburg.
http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/Myths_and_Legends/Myths_and_Legends_main.html

Myths and Legends of the Sioux

From the University of Virginia library and author Marie McLaughlin, thirty-eight stories of the Sioux.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html

Indian Country Wisconsin

A project of the Milwaukee Public Museum designed to assist teachers in the culture, history, sovereignty, and treaty rights of Wisconsin Indian Tribes. http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-03.html The Oral Tradition link at http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-14.html offers a drop down menu at the bottom of the page, which leads you to a seven sections of stories divided by tribes.

 

PREVIOUS STOR E TELLING BLOGS

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

 

Karen Chace 2013 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.