1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources IV: Stor e Telling 2016

The Sultan
from
The Arabian Nights
Illustration by Rene Bull, 1897

The tale of the Persian beauty Scheherazade is one all storytellers are familiar with, a woman who saved her own life by sharing 1000 stories by the end of 1001 nights.

I began writing the Stor e Telling column for Storytelling Magazine in 2002 and since then I have reviewed well over 2001 storytelling and educational websites, as well as individual folktales, fairy tales, myths and legends.

Below are the columns I wrote in 2016, each with a synopsis to help you find what you may be seeking in case your time is limited. At the end of the blog you will also find links to all of the columns from 2002 – 2015. At the time they were posted all of the links were active. If you find a dead link please let me know and I will do my best to find the updated source.

 

I hope you find something useful and fun to add to your storytelling repertoire or classroom, business enterprises or school curriculum. As always, I appreciate any comments you wish to share. Happy surfing! 

Stor e Telling January February March 2016: Humor

Since the theme for this issue was humor so I rounded up some noodleheads and simpletons to add to the fun! You will also find stories to celebrate National Pig Day, St. Patrick’s Day, curriculum for writing Noodlehead stories, and more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/stor-e-telling-january-february-march.html

Stor e Telling April May 2016: Storytelling World Awards
You will find downloadable public domain books from around the world, stories to celebrate Red Rose Day and Mother's Day, and a few other resources, including links to all of the other columns, dating back to 2007. Have fun surfing!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/stor-e-telling-april-may-2016.html

Stor e Telling June July 2016: Reprise

The theme for this issue was Reprise and I offered some of the ‘best of the best' story and educational sites since I began writing for the magazine in 2002. I hope you find something delightful to use in your work.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/02/stor-e-telling-june-july-2016-reprise.html

Stor e Telling August September 2016: Environmental Storytelling

Resources to complement our environment, including animals, flora, fauna and nature. You will also find curriculum resources to supplement your repertoire and stories to celebrate Son and Daughter Day.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/04/stor-e-telling-august-september-2016.html

Stor e Telling October November December 2016: Interfaith Storytelling
Resources to complement the theme of Interfaith Storytelling. Also, stories to celebrate Homemade Bread Day and Monkey Day. Another link will take you to a blog I wrote for Monkey Day, with fingerplays, songs and more for the wee ones.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/05/stor-e-telling-october-november.html

If you are interested in the previous Stor e Telling columns you will find them all at the links below:

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources III: Stor e Tellng 2015
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html 

 

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources II: Stor e Telling 2014

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources: Stor e Telling 2013
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html

Stor e Telling Columns: 2007 to 2012 with Synopses
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2017 ©

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.

Stor e Telling: April May 2016: Storytelling World Awards

The Soul of the Rose
by
John  William Waterhouse, 1908

The second Stor e Telling addition from 2016. Below is the April/May issue. The theme for this issue is Storytelling World Awards so let’s take a spin around the globe with these books, which are now happily in the public domain.

Folk-lore and Legends of Germany by Anonymous, 1892. Water-sprites, dancers, elves and more are found between the virtual covers of this book.
http://tinyurl.com/zrgykdm 

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies by James S. Gale, 1913. Visit with Ten Thousand Devils, The Awful Little Goblin, and more mysterious creatures from Korea. http://tinyurl.com/jyk8xdo

The Norwegian Fairy Book by Clara Stroebe, 1922. Meet The Troll-Wife, The Young Fellow and the Devil, or The Pastor and the Sexton, and then make your way through the other 34 stories from Norway.

http://tinyurl.com/j6zqw5b 

Tales Of The Fairies And Of The Ghost World by Jeremiah Curtin, 1895. Fitzgerald, O’Donohue, Kerry and Connors are just a few of the men and their stories included in the volume of 30 Irish tales.
http://tinyurl.com/hr2fedt 

The Talking Thrush and Other Tales of India collected by W. Crooke and retold by W.H. Drouse, 1922. The jackal, tortoise, goat, and monkey are just a few of the animals you will meet in these 43 tales from India.
http://tinyurl.com/jkakm5l 

Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales collected by Cyrus Adler and Allan Ramsay, 1898. According to the author, “Some of the stories…are adaptations of those already known in Arabic and Persian literature, but the Turkish mind gives them a new setting and a peculiar philosophy.” http://tinyurl.com/hjkxxn6 

Viking Tales by Jennie Hall, 1902. “These Norse stories have… three values…the love of truth, the hardy endurance, the faithfulness to plighted word, that make them a child's fit companions.”
http://tinyurl.com/hzzh2dx 

May 8 is Mother’s Day in the USA. Below is a blog post I wrote in 2013 with stories, crafts and more. All of the links have been checked; ready, set, surf!

Mother’s Day and Memories

http://tinyurl.com/zy3bdkj 

June 12 is Red Rose Day; let’s stop and smell the roses!

The Blue Rose – China

http://tinyurl.com/jdua2ud 

The Daughter of the Rose – Romania

http://tinyurl.com/hpdpvas 

The Elf of the Rose – Hans Christian Andersen

http://tinyurl.com/hrmyu7d 

Legend of the Cherokee Rose – Native American

http://tinyurl.com/hurcvxw 

The Legend of the Christmas Rose - Italy

http://tinyurl.com/gtga3ml 

Little Wild-Rose – Romania

http://tinyurl.com/hn3ay7o 

The Maiden with the Rose on Her Forehead - Portugal

http://tinyurl.com/jgq7l2q 

The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde

http://tinyurl.com/h24rb5j 

The Rose - Grimm

http://tinyurl.com/h9bm8qo 

The Rose Beauty – Turkey

http://tinyurl.com/zm5kv3z 

The Rose Tree – England

http://tinyurl.com/qdpwh53 

The Snail and the Rose Tree – Hans Christian Andersen

http://tinyurl.com/zxs8n9v 

The Three Roses – Czechoslovakia 

http://tinyurl.com/zyeuucc 

SOMETHING EXTRA

Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford – Adult coloring books are all the rage right now. Download these gorgeous book illustrations from 1599 to color. Thanks to Carol McCormick for sharing this gem.
http://tinyurl.com/hqsdxo9 

If you missed the first 2016 installment you may access it here:

January February March 2016 - Humor
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/stor-e-telling-january-february-march.html 

If you are interested in the previous Stor e Telling columns you will find them all at the links below:

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources III: Stor e Tellng 2015
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html 

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources II: Stor e Telling 2014

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/01/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources: Stor e Telling 2013
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html

Stor e Telling Columns: 2007 to 2012 with Synopses

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html

In addition, all of my Stor e Telling columns in Storytelling Magazine from 2002-2006 are listed on the Publication’s Page on 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

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and weblinks may change or break without notice. I cannot be responsible for redirected or broken links.  At the time of this posting all links were in working order. Thank you for understanding.

Karen Chace 2017 ©

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.

A Rose By Any Other Name...Celebrating Red Rose Day

It Was the Time of Roses

David Murray, 1914

"But he who dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose.” -  Anne Brontë

June 12 Red Rose Day so below is a bit of history and some stories to share. You will also find stories from England, Romania, Italy, Portugal and other countries, easy crafts to share with the children, and curriculum to make your classrooms bloom with delight!

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROSES

• Roses are a symbol of love, beauty, war and politics.
• According to fossil evidence, roses are 35 million years old.
• There are 150 species of roses throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
• Cultivation of roses began in China 5000 years ago.
• During the Roman period roses were grown extensively in the Middle East.
• Nero dumped tons of rose petals on his dinner guests.
• Cleopatra had her living quarters filled with the petals of roses so that when Marc Antony met her, he would long remember her every time he smelt a rose.
• Rose hips have been found in Europe and petrified rose wreaths have been unearthed from ancient Egyptian tombs.
• The first known paintings of a rose are actually frescoes. The earliest example was discovered in Crete around 1600 B.C.

Above information found at:

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/roses/history.cfm http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/miscellaneous/flowersandhistory/history-of-roses

STORIES

The Blue Rose – China

http://www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/TheBlueRose.htm

The Daughter of the Rose – Romania

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/rft/rft06.htm

The Elf of the Rose – Hans Christian Andersen

http://hca.gilead.org.il/elf_rose.html

Legend of the Cherokee Rose – Native American
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheCherokeeRose-Cherokee.html 

The Legend of the Christmas Rose - Italy

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=steedman&book=italy&story=rose

Little Wild-Rose – Romania
http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Romanian_folktale_9.html

The Maiden with the Rose on Her Forehead - Portugal

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html

The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde

http://www.artpassions.net/wilde/nightingale.html

The Rose - Grimm

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm203.html

The Rose Beauty – Turkey

http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/ftft/ftft07.htm

The Rose Tree – England

http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_3.html

The Snail and the Rose Tree – Hans Christian Andersen

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=rhead&book=andersen&story=snail

The Three Roses – Czechoslovakia

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kog/kog13.htm

CRAFTS

Enchanted Learning – This site offers a wide variety of flower crafts along with word searches and printable classroom activities.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/flowers/

Rose Tissue Paper Flowers

http://www.littlemisscraft.com/Rose_Tissue_Paper_Flower-10_1

CURRICULUM

Teacher’s Guide – Lessons plans, printouts, white board activities, coloring books and more. Your classroom will be blooming in no time at all!

http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE

Birds, Bees and Butterflies - Since flowers attract our winged friends, here is a previous blog post, filled with fun songs and fingerplays for the wee ones.

http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.