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 Starting Points: Storytelling Resources

 C I R C U L A T I N G   B O O K S,   A U D I OS   &   V I D E O S
 363.7 Str (New Books, 1st floor)  Tales With Tails: Storytelling the Wonder of the Natural World
 PS 372.64 Col (Children’s Dept)  Tell Me a Story: Creating Bedtime Tales Your Children Will Dream On
 PS 372.64 War (Children’s Dept)  Storytime Theme-a-saurus: The Great Big Book of Storytime Teaching Themes
 372.64 Bak  Storytelling -  Art and Technique
 372.64 Mag  Creative Storytelling
 372.642 Lip  Improving Your Storytelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play
 372.64 Saw 

 The Way of the Storyteller

 372.64 Mac  Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller
 372.642 Mag  The Power of Personal Storytelling - Spinning Tales to Connect with Others 
 j372.642 Pel (Children’s Dept)  The Storytelling Handbook
 372.642 Sob  The Storytellers' Journey: an American Revival
 649.58 Lip  Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents
AC 808.543 Ful (New Audio -1st floor)

 The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Culture                     

 
 
  F I N D I N G   B O O K S   &   O T H E R   L I B R A R Y   M A T E R I A L S/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 372.64, 398.2
 
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.  A good subject heading for this topic is storytelling.
 
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You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library has to offer located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com.  Initially, you must open an account from  Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search for employment and career books by the following categories: subject, title, author.  See a reference librarian for more detail.
 
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  The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

  ·        The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R. Search for articles on a subject within any given year.  
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EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your  library  card number at www.wppl.org.
           
  Search for full text articles in these databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
 
 
 W E B  S I T E S
 Aaron Shepard’s Home Page Resources for teachers, librarians, storytellers, kids, children’s writers.
 American Folklore Retellings of American folktales, Native American myths, weather folklore, ghost stories & a link for lesson plans.
 Handbook for Storytellers Hints for beginner storytellers.
 National Storytelling Network Storytelling as a performing art, teaching aid, and cultural transformation process.
 Story Arts Online The how and why of storytelling; lesson plans, activities, folktale resources; a webliography & language arts sites.
 Tim Sheppard’s Storytelling Resources  Advice, resources, information, links, articles, FAQs, stories, and information.
 


For additional information, please see a reference librarian.  sk 11/26/06
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