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The Storytelling Classroom:
Applications Across the Curriculum

by Sherry Norfolk, Jane Stenson, and Diane Williams

The Storytelling Classroom is an inspiring, practical and immediately applicable collection of preK through eighth grade lesson plans for and by teachers who use storytelling in the classroom and storytellers who work in the classroom. Each lesson plan is linked to National Standards in Language Arts, Social Studies, Math or Science and accompanied by an essay which provides a glimpse of the alchemy that occurs when students, teachers and story are brought together: student engagement, classrooms that are alive with thinking students, learning!

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From the beginning of time, storytelling has been the means by which cultures and societies have preserved and celebrated their memories, passed on their values and belief systems, entertained, instructed and reported. Long before there were written records, storytellers taught through the oral tradition.

Today, teachers can employ this age-old educational tool with the assurance that it still works! In fact, recent brain-based research supports intuitive belief in storytelling with empirical evidence. In Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain (Addison-Wesley, 1994), Renate and Geoffery Caine state, "There is strong reason to believe that organization of information in story form is a natural brain process...We suggest that the brain research confirms that evidence and begins to explain why stories are important."

Storytelling is a power tool for education. Everything we do in the modern world is connected to story and the more adept we are at telling stories, the more connected our society will be as it relates to all forms of communication.

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The Anansi Tales: Bobby and Sherry take a lively new look at Anansi's many adventures! Anansi and the Pot of Beans, Anansi Goes to Lunch and Anansi and the Tug 'o' War are part of August House's exciting new "Story Cove" series. Illustrations by Baird Hoffmire.

"Story Cove" is a series of very highly recommended stories and folk tales from around the world for beginning readers that combines charming and colorful artwork with simple, easy-reader texts ideal for children ages 4 to 8. These 32-page picturebooks emphasize different character traits and values such as courage, sharing, citizenship, fairness, and resourcefulness, and are further enhanced with a Story Cove website offering series related movies, games, and more. The series titles would make particularly good choices as school and community library reading program incentive prizes. -- Book Review from Children's Bookwatch of the Midwest

Anansi and the Pot of Beans
by Sherry and Bobby Norfolk

When Anansi's natural greed and cleverness lead him to disobey Grandma Spider, he loses his dignity along with his hair! Bobby and Sherry retell this Ghanaian folktale with playful rhythm and style.

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Anansi and the Tug 'o' War
by Sherry and Bobby Norfolk

In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn. Downloadable lesson plans available.

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Anansi Goes to Lunch
by Sherry and Bobby Norfolk

Coming Soon, the third book in the series.

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BOOK & CD - to order
The Moral of the Story:
Folktales for Character Development
By Bobby and Sherry Norfolk

Throughout history, traditional cultures have recognized the role of storytelling in teaching values to children. Yet existing curricula indicates most educators have not fully capitalized on the connection between storytelling, folktales, and character education. The Moral of the Story provides a user-friendly, hands-on approach to using storytelling and folktales in character education. In addition to providing a rationale for this approach, the Norfolks include twelve stories that are fun, time- and audience-tested, and accessible to a wide range of listeners, from preschool to high school. Each tale is followed by suggested activities or informal lesson plans for extending and enhancing the character education experience. Extensive bibliographies lead the reader to additional sources of folktales suitable for such curricula. The Moral of the Story shows that, through the use of folktales and storytelling, character education can be fun, enjoyable, non-didactic and remarkably effective.

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TAPE - to order
Haunted Hearts:
Tales of Love and Tragedy
By Sherry Norfolk

Simple, potent, and direct to the heartstrings, this mix of traditional and original tales draws the listener into a transformational journey. The selfless love of the mysterious suitor in "Song of the Shepherdess" transforms him from wolf to man and back again; "Woman of the Wood" is brought to life by creativity, beauty and intelligence, but given happiness when she is allowed free choice. The six tales are woven together by traditional and original hammer dulcimer music, setting the emotional tone from one tale to the next. The stories and music lead the listener on a voyage of discovery, pursuing the elusive but priceless treasure of perfect love.

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