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.