Judy Sierra has done it again! This sequel to the bestseller Multicultural Folktales to Tell Young Children is the kind of resource teachers and librarians adore because it helps them keep the magic of language and literature alive. It contains 20 short folktales from around the world ideal for classroom use as well as for story hours and suitable for grades K-6. The book clearly describes techniques of effective storytelling and is student-centered, stressing audience participation. Each folktale is accompanied by storytelling suggestions and by traceable patterns that can be used to make feltboard pieces or puppets for readers' theater.
Includes:
The New year's Animals
The Rabbit and the Tiger
Kanchil and the Crocodile
Strongest of All
The Water Buffalo and the Snail
The Bird and her Babies
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Cabbages
Eat, Coat, Eat
The Little Ant
Munachar and Manachar
The Wee Bannock
The Tricks of a Fox
Through the Needle's Eye
Brer Rabbit's Riding Horse
The Bad Bear
Juan and the Ghost
The Rabbit who Wanted Red Wings
The Mouse and the Coal
The Talkative Tortoise
The Two Monkeys
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Release
October 31, 1996
ISBN 13
9781573560030
Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers' Theater
Judy Sierra has done it again! This sequel to the bestseller Multicultural Folktales to Tell Young Children is the kind of resource teachers and librarians adore because it helps them keep the magic of language and literature alive. It contains 20 short folktales from around the world ideal for classroom use as well as for story hours and suitable for grades K-6. The book clearly describes techniques of effective storytelling and is student-centered, stressing audience participation. Each folktale is accompanied by storytelling suggestions and by traceable patterns that can be used to make feltboard pieces or puppets for readers' theater.
Includes:
The New year's Animals
The Rabbit and the Tiger
Kanchil and the Crocodile
Strongest of All
The Water Buffalo and the Snail
The Bird and her Babies
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Cabbages
Eat, Coat, Eat
The Little Ant
Munachar and Manachar
The Wee Bannock
The Tricks of a Fox
Through the Needle's Eye
Brer Rabbit's Riding Horse
The Bad Bear
Juan and the Ghost
The Rabbit who Wanted Red Wings
The Mouse and the Coal
The Talkative Tortoise
The Two Monkeys