Stor e Telling: June July 2013

Lise Sewing
Renoir, 1866

Last year I undertook the project of placing all of my 2007-2012 Stor e Telling columns, from Storytelling Magazine on my blog. Now that 2014 is here I will begin to share all of my columns from 2013. I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, please consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network. 

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.

http://tinyurl.com/dye6mhu

Richmond.gov  – Everything you need to know about Richmond; business, transportation, maps, tours, cultural events and more.

http://www.richmondgov.com/index.aspx

Tripadvisor.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

http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/045.html

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

http://tinyurl.com/26odwdz

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

http://tinyurl.com/c6uu7jv

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.

http://tinyurl.com/7pq6swz

Canadian Folklore – Twenty-four stories to add to your repertoire.

http://tinyurl.com/bu3se6b

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.

http://tinyurl.com/cfe6ys2

Since the beaver is Canada’s national symbol I offer you some tales to celebrate our furry friend.

Native American Beaver Mythology

http://tinyurl.com/cxzrzl7

Turtle Races With Beaver

http://www.greenwing.org/teachersguide/win02/win02moreabt.html

July 25 is Thread the Needle Day; here are some stories to help you “stitch” a story together!

Baba Yaga – Russia

http://tinyurl.com/brv2dkv

Last Darning Needle – USA

http://tinyurl.com/783amj9

 

The Darning Needle - England

http://tinyurl.com/botmpny

Spindle, Shuttle and Needle – German

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm188.html

The Tsarevna Frog - Russia

http://tinyurl.com/l8vebl

The Wasp, the Winged Needle and the Spider - Brittany

http://tinyurl.com/bvxgmwn

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/bofaktq

Two additional blog posts to help you slide into summer!

Birds, Bees and Butterflies

http://tinyurl.com/cl6glnb

Slide Into Summer with Skits, Stories and Songs

http://tinyurl.com/d9qjs69

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

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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.

Slide into Summer with Skits, Stories and Songs!

Her Name is Summer
by George Sheringhame, 1918

Get ready for all of those campfire storytelling performances this summer. Some sites chock full of songs, skits, finger plays, chants, jokes, riddles, tongue twister and stories to keep the scouts swinging and swaying.

Flying Pigs Campfire Songbook

This cyber songbook will have your campers and scouts swinging and swaying between stories.
http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/flying.pigs/frames.html

Loowit Campfire Songs

Summer is just around the corner. Get ready for those scouting camp gigs with songs that
will have them merrily singing long.
http://ymcacamploowit.com/song/index.html


The Netwoods Virtual Campfire
This site will help you put together a roaring campfire program before you can say, “Pass the s’mores please.” Unfortunately, this site is no longer available but the resources can still be accessed at the Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20110430222746/http://netwoods.com/d-campfire.html )

USScouts – Over 20 campfire skits to add to the fun!
http://usscouts.org/skits.asp#campfire

Sing Along With Me – A collection of Traditional Guide, Scout and Campfire Songs. Note: This site is no longer working but you may still access the resources via the Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20080320065018/http://songs-with-music.freeservers.com/alphabetical.html
http://songs-with-music.freeservers.com/alphabetical.html

STORIES

Some sites to help your summer storytelling sizzle!

Summer Legends by Rudolph Baumbach, Translated by Helen B. Dole, c.1888. Twenty-two legends to celebrate the season including The Legend of the Daisy, The Clover Leaf, and more.
http://tinyurl.com/6jxsqhc

Creation of Summer and Winter 

http://tinyurl.com/67gnn2v 

How Glooskap Found the Summer

https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al32.htm 

How the Summer Birds Came – Zuni Folktale – This story is in part of a collection of Zuni folktales. You may find it on page 65 of the text.

http://tinyurl.com/5rkaqkw

SOMETHING EXTRA

The National Parks Service – Links to the Past

Brush up on your park history, cultural resources, and programs for your summer venues. The website also offers information on grants and a helpful search engine. This site is no longer working but you may still access the resources via the Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20050108093121/http://www.cr.nps.gov/

Bees, Birds and Butterlfies - A blog post celebrating spring from April 2012. Lots of stories that will help you fly through summer!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2012/04/birds-bees-and-butterflies.html


CRAFTS

Crayons, Crafts and Coloring Oh My!
A compilation of crafts categorized by holiday and occasions including summer.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/11/crayons-crafts-and-coloring-oh-my.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 2012 ©

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 other social media please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.