Telling Our Tales
Stories and Storytelling for All Ages, Second Edition
Jeanette Ross
"We are all connected," say the Lakota and Crow people in prayer. "The eight-legged, six-legged, four-legged, two-legged, those who crawl on grandmother earth. . . ." In this collection, the mythical tales, adventure stories, ancestral legends and magical fairytales from around the world reveal the underlying connection between people of all cultures.
This collection of thirty-eight traditional and original tales from around the world reveals the connection between people of all cultures, and explores classic themes of creation, action and consequence, heroism and romance. Revised and updated, this edition includes five new stories plus a chapter on how to develop stories from scratch. In order to help participants move from simply reading to actually performing the tales in this collection, each one is accompanied by a story outline, performance tips and a background on the origin of the tale.
Professional storyteller Jeanette Ross has taught drama for over in a variety of settings, including the Idaho Theater for Youth, Seattle's Pacific Arts Center and Bechtel International Center in Stanford, CA. She is a writer, as well as a television producer and holds a doctorate as a learning specialist and a master's degree in English with an emphasis in folklore from the University of Idaho.
Praise for Telling Our Tales:
"Ross is a
passionate advocate for storytelling. She properly declares that in this cosmos
where change and diversity seem the order of the day there are also unity and
constancy. Behind or underlying apparent disorder there is order; randomness is
always challenged by design—provided that one can find it. And one of the ways of discovery is through the arts, in this case, the art of
storytelling."
—Dr. Louie Attebery (retired from Albertson College of Idaho)
"Jeanette Ross has written a unique, well-crafted book that takes the readers on an exciting journey into storytelling. Her broad range of challenges to the very
young will certainly produce tales of childhood fun and an awakening of self and
family. Mature readers will gain an insight
into their past and will learn
how to give life to their narratives."
—Lorry Roberts, co-author, Elder Tales
For more information contact skinnerhouse @ uua.org.
Last updated on Thursday, April 5, 2007.
