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.

Chinese New Year 2017: The Year of the Fire Rooster

From Grimm's Fairy Tales
by
Arthur Rackham, 1909

On January 28 the Chinese New Year begins and 2017 is The Year of the Rooster. In Chinese element theory, each zodiac year is associated with one of five elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth, which means that a Fire Rooster, for example, comes once every 60-year cycle. This is the year of the Fire Rooster.

• People born in a year of the Rooster are very observant. hardworking, resourceful, courageous, and talented.
• Roosters are very confident in themselves.
• Roosters are always active, amusing, and popular within a crowd.
• Roosters are happiest when they are surrounded by others, whether at a party or just a social gathering.
• Roosters are healthy and enjoy sports
• People born in a year of the Rooster are typically healthy people. They are active and enjoy sports, such as hiking and swimming.

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-zodiac/rooster.htm

Below are some tales to add to the celebration.

The Brave Rooster - Latvia

http://tinyurl.com/jjb2lul

The Cat and the Rooster – Ukraine
http://tinyurl.com/zdscqm4

The Fighting Roosters and the Eagle – Aesop
http://tinyurl.com/owgvab4

The Frankfurt Rooster - Germany

http://tinyurl.com/hlhrebg

Half Rooster – Albania
http://tinyurl.com/htks8xl

The Impudent Rooster - Romanian

https://thekittycats.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/the-little-bag-with-two-coins/

The Old Woman’s Rooster - Aesop

http://tinyurl.com/jjfgzaq

The Polecat and the Rooster - Khmer

http://tinyurl.com/jzo2gpj

Reynard and Chanticleer - Norway

http://tinyurl.com/ha8odzy

The Rooster - Ethiopia

http://tinyurl.com/hhqce8t

The Rooster and the Pearl – Aesop
http://tinyurl.com/gvmvdy9

The Rooster’s Lament – China
http://tinyurl.com/j3cedn7

Storie of Cinderlaras - Indonesia

http://tinyurl.com/h5ean9d

The Tale of the Golden Cockerel - Russia
http://tinyurl.com/glstjkm

The Weathercock on St. Stephen’s Cathedral - Austria

http://tinyurl.com/jfj62dh

CRAFTS

Holidappy.com – Chinese New Year Rooster Crafts and Templates
https://holidappy.com/holidays/Chinese-New-Year-Rooster-Templates-Kid-Crafts-for-Year-of-the-Rooster

Activity Village – Crafts, templates, coloring pages, puzzles, and worksheets.
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/year-of-the-rooster

CURRICULUM

First-School – Rooster themed activities, crafts and more for preschoolers.

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/birds/rooster.htm

National Agriculture Literacy Curriculum Matrix – From Chicken Little to Chicken Big for grades 3 – 5.

http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/matrix/lessonplan.cfm?lpid=245

Read Write Think – Chinese New Year: Multiple lesson plans for grades 6 -12 including additional web links to resources on the celebration.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/chinese-year-starts-today-20424.html

Scholastic.com – Rooster’s Off to See the World Lesson Plan for grades Pre-K, K, 1 and 2.  https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/roosters-see-world-lesson-plan/

GAMES

Activity Village – A variety of games to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/chinese-new-year-games

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and web links 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.

From 1001 Nights to 2001 Story Resources III: Stor e Telling 2015

Scheherazade and a Quest
by

Abu'l-Hasan Khan

Ghaffari Kashani (1814–1866)

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 2015, 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 – 2014. 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 2015: Drama

There are resources on theme of drama, folktales to celebrate the ‘roar’ of March, fairy to celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/01/drama-stor-e-telling-january-february.html

Stor e Telling March April May 2015: National Storytelling Conference
Celebrate with stories! Victoria Day in Canada, Go Fishing Day in the USA, and resources to help you find your way to fun at the National Storytelling Conference in Missouri. (The conference is being held there again this year so the information will still be useful.)
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/01/stor-e-telling-march-april-may-2015.html

Stor e Telling June July 2015: Bilingual Storytelling

Bilingual stories and resources, including downloadable books, activities and lesson plans. Also, tales to celebrate Aunt and Uncle Day in the USA, and myths, legends, Sufi, Buddhist tales and many more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/02/bilingual-storytelling-stor-e-telling.html

Stor e Telling August September 2015: Workshops

Planning to submit a workshop proposal in 2017? You will find a number of resources to help you get that coveted ‘You have been accepted” letter. Want to offer a virtual workshop? You will find Skype three tutorials also resources to guide you through learning curve. There are also links to icebreakers, always a great tool to use in workshops. There are also stories and curriculum to celebrate Elephant Appreciation Day!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/09/stor-e-telling-august-september-2015.html

Stor e Telling October November December: Fairy Tales

Of course, since the theme for this issue was fairy tales you will find three public domain books filled with wonder. There are other tales to herald World Kindness Day, delicious stories about fall apples that pack a tasty crunch, and more!
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2016/12/stor-e-telling-october-november.html

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

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 web links 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.

Adding Actions and Adjectives: Storytelling Worksheet

For the past 15 years I have been working with students, teaching them the art of Oral Tradition. They choose their own folktales and through a number of written assignment and interactive games they add their own voice to the tale. Our final goal is an end of year Storytelling Festival for their families, friends and community members.

Last week I used a new worksheet I created with my fourth and fifth grade storytelling students to help their stories come alive. 

Below are some of the changes/additions the students made in their stories; they are capitalized and in bold font.

• They walked down the path and found a SHALLOW stone well.
• They QUICKLY tumbled down the shallow well.
• Once there was a GRAND Chinese ruler who had a cat he treasured above all other animals.
• The ruler gave a BROAD smile as he realized that his children were his wisest advisers of all. 
• She FIRMLY held out her needle
• “I see how fast you DEVOURED my mother’s butter.”
• It told the boy about strange, VICIOUS stone giants and GHOSTLY flying heads
• “I really should not say,” said the SNEAKY clam.
• Beaver thought of a plan, a very BRILLIANT plan!
• The oldest brother PROUDLY counted his bothers.
• The youngest brother had a CREATIVE idea.
• There once was a COLORFUL garden, filled with flowers STRETCHING toward the sun.
• The girls SWIFTLY ran off.
• They SLOWLY TIPTOED towards her.

I give you permission to use the worksheet in your storytelling work, however, I respectfully ask that you do not remove the copyright information and credit the source. Permission does not include using it in any other print material, i.e. books, workshop handouts, blogs, e-books, etc. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. 

If you would like the worksheet in a .doc file I will be happy to email it to you. You may reach me at storybug@aol.com . If you do use it I would be delighted to know how it worked for your students. You will find additional handouts and games I created for my storytelling troupes in my award-winning book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe .

Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think about this new worksheet. *Note: I monitor blog comments to avoid spam so you will not immediately see your note until I approve it. 

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: January February March 2016: Humor

The Golden Goose
Leslie Brooke, 1905

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”  - Mark Twain

The New Year is here and it is time to begin sharing my Storytelling Magazine columns from 2016. The magazine is a membership benefit of the National Storytelling Network. If you are interested in getting fabulous articles from world-renowned storytellers and educators, along with my most recent column, join us at www.storynet.org.  I will not be sharing any 2017 publications until 2018 rolls around.

Since the theme for this issue is humor I rounded up some noodleheads and simpletons to add to the fun!

STORIES

The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by W.A. Clouston, 1888.  A wide variety of noodlehead stories are found within; tales from Greece, Turkey, China, Japan, Kashmir…enough tales to keep you laughing and scratching your head for days!
http://tinyurl.com/pzelzst

Capturing the Moon - Poland
http://tinyurl.com/nugbajc

Fool of the King - Africa

http://tinyurl.com/qd36nvj

The Golden Goose - Germany

http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-50.html

Jack Tales and Folklore - United States 

Sixteen stories of our favorite fool, Jack.
http://tinyurl.com/q76p8mr

Kookaburra’s Laughter - Australia

http://tinyurl.com/o5dz6ad

Candlemas is February 2; I offer you some bright tales to light the way.

The Bearded Fool - India
http://tinyurl.com/pa6qlgh

The Candles of Life - Czechoslovakia

http://tinyurl.com/ponhqmg

Christmas Eve Light - Europe
http://tinyurl.com/pdahbyc

The Flame of a Candle - Turkey
http://tinyurl.com/onyk3xz

Gaffer Death – Germany

http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/German_folktale_1.html

The Hand of Glory - England
http://tinyurl.com/qhogv8v

The Red Candles and the Mermaid - Japan    
http://tinyurl.com/ofpauf2

The Rose Tree – England
http://tinyurl.com/qdpwh53

The Three Princes and the Maiden - Portugal
http://tinyurl.com/nb34ggg

The Twist Mouth Family - United States
http://tinyurl.com/p42zjqr

March 1 is National Pig Day, below are some tales to celebrate these clever, intelligent animals.

The Dog and the Pig - India

http://tinyurl.com/oa5r8hu

The Pig That Went to Church - United States

http://tinyurl.com/oo9bznc

The Old Woman and Her Pig - England

http://tinyurl.com/8yagce3

The Three Green Men of Glen Nevis - Scotland

http://tinyurl.com/osz569v

A few Irish tales to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Irish Myths and Legends - Stories from the Ulster and Fennian Cycle, The Tuatha Dé Danaan, and later traditions. My thanks to Simon Brooks for passing this site along.
http://tinyurl.com/qzmwgpe

Something Extra

Read Write Think - Fractured fairy tales; classroom resources and more. “Whether it's The Princess and the Rutabaga or Big Blue Riding Hood, invite your students to turn familiar fairy tales upside down and inside out—and to have fun.”
http://tinyurl.com/ybohlo7

Writing Noodlehead Stories:  A Unit for Second Through Sixth Grade 

From the amazing storytelling team of Hamilton and Weiss, a guide to help your students understand and craft their own Noodlehead tales.
http://tinyurl.com/ckbfmvf

Verve - While this is foremost an ecommerce business, scroll down for a list of 27 royalty free stock images for commercial use.

http://tinyurl.com/nl8nw6o

Please note, websites change at a rapid pace and web links 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.