From the classics of the Grimm Brothers and Mother Goose to Native American and Japanese favorites, each entry includes a short description of the characters, a detailed plot summary, and a section on how best to tell the story. Suggestions include ways to leave out the scary parts, eliminate sexism, or update them--without changing the story's meaning.
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Professional and amateur storytelling has experienced a resurgence of popularity in both classrooms and public venues. Adler sees to it that a child's most valiant storytellers, namely mom and dad, get a leg up on the competition. His book is an admitted Cliff Notes on the fairy tales he selected, providing parents with everything they need to impart the wisdom, morals, and history contained in more than 60 tales. Each entry contains a quick synopsis, character identifications, thorough plot summary, and suggestions on how best to share the story. The latter might involve embellishments, such as dialogue and details, personalization, length adjustments, or tense changes. Politically correct parents will delight in ideas for eliminating scary, sexist, or passe{‚} passages without altering the tales. Purists might balk at changing the Red Shoes into Air Jordans, but the book encourages parents to tailor each tale to the child. Traditional fairy tales share space with multicultural works from the African American, European, Native American, and Oriental cultures. Any beleaguered parent needing a bedtime storytelling pick-me-up will find inspiration here for everything from Tom Thumb to Shakespeare's Tempest. Patricia Hassler
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The "Clif Notes" of storytelling for beginning storytellers,
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This review is from: Tell Me a Fairy Tale: A Parent's Guide to Telling Magical and Mythical Stories (Paperback)
This book is helpful to those trying to find stories to tell orally to children. It contains the skeleton of many familiar folk and fairy tales that will help to remind parents and beginning storytellers of stories they may have heard as children and want to retell in their own words. Each story contains the summary, the characters, and the plot outline of stories, together with suggestions on how they might be told.
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A wonderful book for parents who tell their children stories,
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This review is from: Tell Me a Fairy Tale: A Parent's Guide to Telling Magical and Mythical Stories (Paperback)
Excellent summaries, tips for narrating the tale and interacting with the listener. It helps makes story time magical and bonds children and parents.
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