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Whole Story Handbook
Contributor(s): Birch, Carol (Author)
ISBN: 0874835666     ISBN-13: 9780874835663
Publisher: August House Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $12.56  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 2006
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: Reading a story silently is a private act
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
Dewey: 808.543
LCCN: 00056604
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.22" W x 7.41" (0.34 lbs) 128 pages
 
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Winner of Storytelling World Award & Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice AwardReading a story silently is a private act; hearing one told aloud is a communal act. Like musical scores that come to life when played, stories take on an added dimension when shared aurally. Carol Birch--storyteller, children's librarian, and teacher--tackles the slippery topic of the difference between memorizing a written story and reciting it aloud, and telling it directly and engagingly to a group of listeners. We all recognize the difference when we hear it. But how does one bridge it? The same way, Birch asserts, that we take home most prizes: you must be present to win. Meaning, the storyteller must know much, much more about the story than he or she tells. How can you communicate the fortunes of a character you don't know yourself? How can you convey a story whose setting you have not fully imagined? In addition to her own infectious prose--bursting with the "attitude" she encourages her readers to embrace--Birch provides a series of guided imagery exercises. These prompts walk the reader through the nuts and bolts of learning and imagining a story from the inside out in order to be fully present in its telling. Includes notes and bibliography.