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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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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 ©
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