Picture book, picture book, poetry, fiction. Picture book, picture book, poetry, fiction...
Sometimes I sound like a broken record. What's missing from this list? Let me see. How about folktales, storytelling and theatre? At Aaron's World of Stories, you will find all three. Aaron Shepard is a long-time American storyteller whose adaptations of several folktales have been published in picture-book format. On his website, you will find the full-text for numerous folktales, fairy tales, myths, legends and personally authored stories. Each story comes with comprehensive metadata to make your inner librarian happy, or, rather, to help you search the site and determine if a story is appropriate for your needs before you read it. In addition to providing the full-text of the stories, Shepard has also adapted many as reader's theatre scripts, which makes them ideal for staging with children. And did I mention that each story makes a great read aloud? The folktales aren't just Grimm either. They come from many traditions and are global in scope.
I can't wait until next week when I have more time to check these out because i LOVE folk tales. Back when I was picking the library books, we never came home without at least one.
ReplyDeletethanks for something to look forward to - I am starting to feel a little worn out. Spent. Whatever.