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Storytelling Websites

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Family storytelling

For Family Storytelling: Pass the Story Fork, Please
http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,22-10295,00.html
Storyteller Odds Bodkin shares one simple way in which families can share their stories at the dinner table.
Great Odds: Ideas from a Master Storyteller
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,2-4488,00.html
Storyteller Odds Bodkin helps parents tell stories that will thrill and excite children.
Bringing the Story Home
http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/spring00/storytellingtips.htm
Storyteller Lisa Lipkin suggests ways families can incorporate storytelling using the everyday activities.
The Importance of Family Stories
http://libraries.idaho.gov/node/414
The Idaho State Library emphasizes the importance of family stories in a child's literacy development.
Family Stories
http://www.cathyspagnoli.com/telltips/family.htm
Storyteller Cathy Spagnoli encourages family storytelling by suggesting how families can find and share their own stories.
For Parents
http://www.cathyspagnoli.com/telltips/parents.htm
Storyteller Cathy Spagnoli encourages family storytelling by suggesting how parents can share stories throughout their daily activities.

Art of storytelling

Story Arts Online
http://www.storyarts.org/
Created by storyteller Heather Forest, this easy to use site includes excellent resources for teaching storytelling in the classroom, including lesson plans, storytelling techniques, and a library of great stories to tell
StoryNet: National Storytelling Network
http://www.storynet.org
This network has links to information about tellers and events. You can find out about the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and link to Tellebration, a world-wide storytelling event. A link to a storytelling listserv is also included.
Storyteller.net
http://www.storyteller.net
This network has links to information about tellers and events. You can find out about the Read articles about the history of storytelling and get tips for developing your own "inner-teller." The site features the "Daily Amphitheatre," where you can listen to a selection of storytellers online.
The Storytelling Ring
http://i.webring.com/hub?ring=storytelling
The Storytelling Ring is a ring of sites throughout the Web featuring resources, organizations and events dedicated to the vocal art of telling stories.
The Art of Storytelling
http://www.eldrbarry.net/roos/art.htm
Explore all the usual links to sites, but also discover more information on how to become a fine storyteller.
Portland Story Theater
http://portlandstorytheater.com/
"The spoken word for sophisticated listeners." Join them for some evenings of storytelling for adults in October and November.
Portland Storytellers' Guild
http://www.portlandstorytelling.org/
The guild's goal is "to bring together and nurture people who tell, listen to, and love stories by elevating the art and power of storytelling in all its forms into our daily lives."
Stories by the Sea
http://www.olaweb.org/csd/stories.html
This storytelling festival, which occurs mid-September in Newport, Oregon, is presented by the Children's Services Division of the Oregon Library Association.
The Art of Storytelling with Children
http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/
A national conversation from all perspectives on the profession of storytelling with children. Serving all members of the storytelling with children portion of the storytelling movement.

Listen to stories online

eStories by Story Teller
http://www.prattlibrary.org/home/storyIndex.aspx
Listen to storytellers from the Enoch Pratt Library!
Wisdom of Elders
http://www.wisdomoftheelders.org/
Listen to the stories from people of different Native American tribes.
Story Corps: Recording America
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516989
Story Corps is traveling the country, collecting stories of everyday America.
Story Corps
http://storycorps.net/listen/
Listen to average Americans as they tell their incredible stories.
American Story Tellers
http://www.prattlibrary.org/home/storyIndex.aspx
Family story recordings by various themes.

Tapestry of Tales Storytelling Festival is made possible in part by The Library Foundation.