http://hdl.handle.net/2142/487 Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 39, 1997); Edited by Betsy Hearne, Janice M. Del Negro, Christine Jenkins, and Deborah Stevenson http://hdl.handle.net/2142/678 The storytelling festival as ritualization of the storytelling revival mythos Sobol, Joseph Daniel I would suggest that in the liminoid spaces of storytelling festivals, where the primary communal mythos of the revival is being built, the ancient story of transgression and redemption is woven again, in metaphoric resonance with the stories told from the stage. A powerful subtext of these outward performances is the wonder tale of the storyteller herself, framed by the magic circle of the festival spotlight as the hero/ine of a cultural quest. Through the pilgrimage of the performing artist's path, she seeks to redeem society from its Hamlin-like sin of denying story and the primal unity that is story's gift. The storytelling festival became, for its most involved participants, a way of enacting a ritualized happy ending to the tale of the storyteller's journey. For the teller on stage, the festival is a homecoming, a redemption, a wedding of teller to traditions and to an idealized community. For the committed audience, the festival is redeeming, too: a homecoming to a kingdom in which storytelling is restored to its rightful place at the center of community life. Storytelling Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/677 Storytelling in the school library media center Shimojima, Anne Storytelling is more than just entertainment, as we know. It is a powerful educational tool for the classroom or the library media center. Everyone loves a good story, and stories are the perfect vehicles for teaching and learning. Storytelling School libraries Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/676 Book linking to story O'Malley, Judith The need to know and the need to tell drives storytelling, drives learning and fuels understanding. Whether formal or informal, oral or written, stories tell children they are included in the community. Books share with children the rich juicy secrets of life. Storytelling Children --Books and reading Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/675 Tangled in the web: Storytelling, communiction and controversy Morgan, Karen For storytellers, story listeners, and lovers of stories, becoming tangled in the Web involves as many opportunities and ensnarements as there are interested individuals. The Internet has locations which provide recommended stories for specific occasions or projects, traditional story openings and closings, articles on and about diverse storytelling topics, and a variety of full-text versions of stories, legends, tall tales, and even story jokes, riddles, and tongue twisters. The information may be provided directly in the archives of an Internet listserv, at a particular Web site or through hypertext links (highlighted text or graphics) to many other Web Pages- Storytelling Internet Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/674 Construction, illustration, and a plethora of pigs: Reflections on a lecture by Arthur Geisert Stevenson, Deborah It's a measure of the power of storytelling, I suppose, or at least the power of Arthur Geisert's storytelling, that after two days of intense concentration on the topic of story we were still seduced into rapt attention by closed curtains, dimmed lights, and a well-turned tale. In this case, however, the tale was autobiographical and accompanied by slides, describing the Geiserts' Herculean labors in the construction of two charming and almost entirely inaccessible homes as well as Mr. Geisert's work in picture books. Storytelling Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/673 The cycle of story: From fireplace to marketplace or, "The Kids Keep Tearing Their Jeans" Jenkins, Christine A. While stories are for all ages with some audiences and tellers receiving more respect than others the specific focus in this paper is the path from fireplace to marketplace as it applies to telling and publishing stories for a young audience i.e., for children. The path is a problematic one for many. Despite the fact that we know that money makes many worlds go round, there is something about story as commodity, about putting a price tag on imagination, about the juxtaposition of concerns of children and of money, that makes many people extremely uncomfortable. This is true in the advanced capitalism of contemporary American society. This was equally true a century ago in the early years of American youth services librarianship. This is a profession with a long history of hostility toward the concept of story as commodity. Publishing Children's literature Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/672 Narrative in picture books, or, The paper that should have had slides Stevenson, Deborah In this sense picture books resemble other combinative art forms, such as opera or musical theater, films, and ballet; older examples include the courtly masque and the emblem book. This resemblance is good for me, since I thrive on analogies (I was apparently permanently warped by that section of the SATs), and I therefore often find it useful to consider picture books along with those other media, without, of course, ignoring the fact that picture books also have their own individual charms and characteristics. I'd like to examine the aspects of the picture book the text, the art and other physical factors and then discuss how these narratives work together to affect each other and the final outcome. Children's literature Visual narrative Picture books Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/671 Storytelling concerts Del Negro, Janice M. Summary of storytelling concerts held at Story, from fireplace to cyberspace : connecting children and narrative (Allerton Park Institute held October 26-28, 1997) Storytelling Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/670 The workshops Hearne, Betsy Summary of the workshops held at Story, from fireplace to cyberspace : connecting children and narrative (Allerton Park Institute held October 26-28, 1997) Storytelling Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/669 Introduction to Section 1: Story as practice Del Negro, Janice M. Storytelling Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT