Hearing Voices
Life, legends, history and fairytales come alive through the magic of storytelling.
April 11–18, 2009
A Guide to Storytelling Resources
Finding Storytelling Resources in the Library Catalog

Sweetheart of Minidoka and her attendants chosen by popular vote in St. Valentine's Day contest sponsored by the Minidoka Irrigator, center newspaper. Standing left to right: Kiyoka Kumagai, Amy Hidaka, Mona Saito, Chickie Ishihara. Seated left to right: Misao Hayashida, Ise Inozuka, Mary Jane Kinoshita. February 1943.
Keyword Searches
- Folklore videorecording
- Tales folklore sound recording
- Storytelling videorecording
- Storytelling sound recording
Subject Searches
Suggested Titles in Washington County Libraries
Search the catalog for these titles:
Telling Family Stories
- Donald Davis - Telling Your Own Stories
- Lisa Lipkin - Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents
- Robin Moore - Awakening the Hidden Storyteller: How to Build a Storytelling Tradition in Your Family
- Anne Pellowski - The Family Storytelling Handbook
Storytelling in the Classroom
- Cathie Hilterbran Cooper - The Storyteller's Cornucopia
- Martha Hamilton - Children Tell Stories: A Teaching Guide
- Anne Pelowski - The Storytelling Handbook: A Young People's Collection of Unusual Tales and Helpful Hints on How to Tell Them
- Judy Sierra - Twice Upon a Time
Art & Craft Storytelling
- Augusta Baker - Storytelling: Art and Technique
- Caroline Feller Bauer - handbook for Storytellers
- Joseph Bruchac - Tell Me a Tale: A Book About Storytelling
- Doug Lipman - Improving Your Storytelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play
- Margaret Read MacDonald - The Storyteller's Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales Including Twelve Tellable Tales
- Ruth Sawyer - The Way of the Storyteller
- Nancy Schimmel - Just Enough to Make a Story
- Marie L. Shedlock - The Art of the Story-Teller
- Jacki Torrance - Jackie Tales: The Magic of Creating Stories and the Art of Telling Them
Tales to Tell
- Heather Forest - Wisdom Tales from Around the World
- Martha Hamilton - Stories in My Pocket: Tales Kids Can Tell
- Margaret Read MacDonald - Look Back and See: Twenty Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers
- Anne Pellowski - The Story Vine: A Source Book of Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories from Around the World
- Cathy Spagnoli - Asian Tales and Tellers
Videos
- Coaching Storytellers: A Demonstration Workshop
- Folktales of Peace
- Jackie Torrance Presents (video series of stories told by Olga Loya)
CDs
- Anne Rutherford, On the Great Pacific Flyway
- Robert Rubinstein, Strange Tales From Biblical Times
- Dayton Edmonds, Grandmother Turtle & Co.
- Rick Huddle, Hello Muddah: stories and songs for all ages
- Alton Chung, Obake! Lafcadio Hearn’s Strange Tales From Japan
- Heather Forest, Tales Around the Hearth
- Sharon Kennedy, Irish Folktales for Children
- Christopher Leebrick, Critters, Kids & Cowboys: Good Stories Vol. II
- Julius Lester, Tales of Uncle Remus
- Margaret Read MacDonald, Tuck-Me-In Tales
- Bobby Norfolk, Anansi Time with Bobby Norfolk
Web Resources
This year's tellers:
- Alton Takiyama-Chung
- Eth-Noh-Tec (Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo and Nancy Wang)
Local Storytelling
- Portland Storyteller's Guild http://www.portlandstorytellers.org/
- Portland Story Theater www.portlandstorytheater.com
Teacher Resources
- Teaching Storytelling (National Council of Teachers of English) http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/teachingstorytelling
- By Word of Mouth: a Storytelling Guide for the Classroom (Pacific Resources for Education and Learning) http://www.prel.org/products/pr_/storytelling.pdf (PDF)
- Storytelling: the Heart and Soul of Education (Pacific Resources for Education and Learning) http://www.prel.org/products/Products/Storytelling.pdf (PDF)
- Storytelling, Story Acting, and Writing: Essential Language Experience for All Children (from Many Paths to Literacy: Language, Literature, and Learning in the Primary Classroom by Rebecca Novick) http://www.nwrel.org/lld/manypaths_storytelling.pdf (PDF)
- Tapestry of Tales: Stories of Self, Family, and Community Provide Rich Fabric for Learning (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory) http://www.nwrel.org/tapestry/contents.php (PDF)
- StoryArts (includes curriculum ideas, articles, lesson plans, and activities) www.storyarts.org
Family Storytelling
- Oral History Questions http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/
Other Guides and Resources
- PBS's Circle of Stories: native American Stories (includes video & lesson plans) www.pbs.org/circleofstories/
- National Storytelling Network www.storynet.org
- Storyteller.net www.storyteller.net
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Historic Photos thanks to Alton Chung, and the Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.
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