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Title: Storytelling with Children by Nancy Mellon, Thomas Moore ISBN: 1-903458-08-0 Publisher: Hawthorn Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: party pooper in Brooklyn
Comment: I am sorry to rain on everyone's parade, but I did not like this book at all. I am interested in becoming a better weaver of stories for my young children. Instead of a how-to guide, I found a wispy, dreamy meditation on stories. It offered some suggestions for setting the mood and beginning the story, but then, when I really need help, on the development of a story, story-arc, what to do when you get stuck, etc -- nothing at all! Also, the art of storytelling can be taught without deprecating comments about the "coldness" of books. A real turnoff! I skimmed through the second half of the book and promptly deposited it in a give-away pile. I would send it back to amazon but the binding is broken.
Rating: 5
Summary: Invitation to Inspiration
Comment: Storytelling with Children is an inspiration - with a very practical outlook. As a teacher, therapist and workshop leader, Nancy Mellon shows you how to pull stories from your own experience or a child's, using small anecdotes, memories or observations. She helps you overcome fear and doubt, and discover the wellsprings of your creativity. With a lighthearted touch yet a deep respect for children and the adults who love them, she acts as a guide to one of the oldest and greatest acts of communication and sharing - that of spinning a tale out of shared experience or sometimes (it can seem) out of nowhere.
Parents, grandparents, teachers and anyone with a child in his/her life will discover how to make up stories for birthdays, and for important events such as birth, death, or moving house. They'll learn how to incorporate a child's fears and difficulties - or simply the ups and downs of everyday life - into a story that will help to resolve them. For those who worry that their kids are spending too much time with the TV and computer, this is the perfect antidote. For those who love reading aloud to children, the magic of creative storytelling offers something even more nourishing. Adults who start off feeling tired or uncertain find themselves "enlivened and cared for" as much as the children do. They feel closer to their child and more in touch with themselves. For children, the gift of a story made especially for them, is priceless.
Diana Reynolds Roome...
Rating: 4
Summary: Can bring parents and children closer together!
Comment: Storytelling with Children is a "how to go about storytelling with your children" book. It does NOT provide instruction on how to create a story. It does offer much information about why adults should be telling stories to their children. It also offers much about when we could tell stories. Included is a lot of anecdotal information about how people are actually going about storytelling with their children.
In reading, I found this book to be gentle and encouraging, with a spiritual (not necessarily religious) touch that seems badly needed these days. Children suffer from a real lack of connection with their parents. Parents suffer from a real lack of connection with their children. Although this book won't cure it ALL, it certainly discusses a large piece of the puzzle.
In closing her book, Nancy Mellon comments, "I like to imagine a world in the new millennium in which wise and playful storytelling surrounds all little children..." She goes on to describe this vision as a regular time for the gathering of family and special friends for an evening of storytelling and music. This would be time WELL SPENT!
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Title: You Are Your Child's 1st Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy, Rahima Baldwin Dancy, Rahima Baldwin ISBN: 0890879672 Publisher: Celestial Arts Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Children at Play: Using Waldorf Principles to Foster Childhood Development by Heidi Britz-Crecelius ISBN: 0892816295 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Storytelling and the Art of Imagination by Nancy Mellon ISBN: 0938756664 Publisher: Yellow Moon Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Seven Times the Sun: Guiding Your Child Through the Rhythms of the Day by Shea Darian ISBN: 0967571308 Publisher: Gilead Pr Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Beyond the Rainbow Bridge : Nurturing our children from birth to seven by Barbara J. Patterson, Pamela Bradley ISBN: 0964783231 Publisher: Michaelmas Pr Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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