Open Court
Grade 3
Storytelling
398.2 Bes
Best-loved
stories told at the National Storytelling Festival.
Jonesborough, Tenn. : Little Rock, Ark. : National
Storytelling Press ; Distributed to the book trade by August
House
Publishers, c1991. A collection of
thirty-seven
traditional and adapted folk and fairy tales, original
tales,
true narratives, and ghost stories, told at the
annual
National Storytelling Festival from 1973 to 1990.
Includes information about the storytellers, the tales, and
the
background of the festival.
398.2 Hal
Haley, Gail
E. A story, a story : an African
tale. 2nd Aladdin
Books
ed. New York : Aladdin Books, 1988,
c1970. Recounts
how
most African folk tales came to be called "Spider
Stories.".
398.2 Ham
Hamilton,
Martha. Through the grapevine : world
tales kids can
read
& tell. Little Rock, Ark. : August
House, c2001. A
collection of thirty-one fairy tales and folktales from
around
the world. Includes activities.
730 Hoy
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Totem
pole. New York : Holiday House,
c1990. A Tsimshian Indian boy
proudly describes how his
father
carved a totem pole for the Klallam tribe and the
subsequent ceremonial celebration.
811 Liv
Livingston,
Myra Cohn. Worlds I know and other
poems. 1st ed.
New
York : Atheneum, 1985. A collection of
poems reflecting
special feelings and events of
childhood, including a
toboggan ride, a Christmas play, and the love of special
objects.
811 Tas
Tashjian,
Virginia A. With a deep sea smile; :
story hour
stretches for large or small groups.
[1st ed.]. Boston, :
Little, Brown, [1974]. A
collection of chants, poems,
stories, finger plays, riddles, songs, and jokes which may
be used by a leader with a group.
820.8 Tas
Tashjian,
Virginia A. Juba this and Juba that; :
story hour
stretches for large or small groups,.
[1st ed.]. Boston, :
Little, Brown, [1969]. An
anthology of " ... rhymes and
songs
to sing and play, stories to tell and riddles to
guess.".
B App
Kellogg,
Steven. Johnny Appleseed : a tall
tale. New York :
Morrow Junior Books, c1988. Presents the life of John
Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his
love
of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical
fortitude.
B Roc
Gherman,
Beverly. Norman Rockwell : storyteller
with a brush.
1st
ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, c2000.
Describes the life and work of the popular American artist
who
depicted both traditional and contemporary subjects,
including children, family scenes, astronauts, and poor
people.
E Ack
Ackerman,
Karen, 1951-. Song and dance man. New York : Knopf :
Distributed by Random House, c1988.
Grandpa demonstrates
for
his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances,
and
jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
E Dra
Dragonwagon, Crescent. Home
place. 1st ed. New York :
Macmillan, c1990. While out
hiking, a family comes upon the
site
of an old house and finds some clues about the people
that
once lived there.
E Mar
Marshall,
James, 1942-. Three up a tree. 1st ed.
New York :
Dial
Books for Young Readers, c1986. Sam and
Spider build a
tree
house and go there with Lolly to trade stories.
E Mar
Marshall,
Edward. Three by the sea. New York : Dial Press,
c1981. Three friends relax after
their picnic lunch by each
telling
his or her best story.
E McK
McKissack,
Pat, 1944-. A million fish-- more or
less. New York.
A boy
learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou
Clapateaux, and gets the chance to tell his own version of a
bayou
tale when he goes fishing.
E Tom
Tompert,
Ann. Grandfather Tang's story. 1st ed.
New York :
Crown
Publishers, c1990. Grandfather tells a
story about
shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until
a
hunter brings danger to both of them.
F Ali
Aliki. Painted words : Marianthe's story, one ;
Spoken memories
:
Marianthe's story, two. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow
Books,
c1998. Two separate stories, the first
telling of
Mari's
starting school in a new land, and the second
describing village life in her country before she and her
family
left in search of a better life.
F Pat
Patron,
Susan. Maybe yes, maybe no, maybe
maybe. New York :
Orchard Books, c1993. When her
hardworking mother decides
to
move, eight-year-old PK uses her imagination and
storytelling to help her older and younger sisters adjust.
F Som
Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela. If you want
to scare yourself. 1st
American ed. New York :
Lippincott, c1989. Bored and sick
in
bed, Freddy listens to four scary stories told to him by
members of his family and then makes one up himself.
SC Ass
Told under
the blue umbrella. [New York] :
Macmillan, 1933. A
collection of realistic stories for children from two to
eight
years of age.