o A
Quick Trip Around the World
Folktales from various countries
-- personal favorites that highlight cultural diversities and
communalities
o A Bit o' the Old Country
Irish tales -- old and new -- and one or two from Scotland ... something
from Wales, perhaps, with a bit of Britain tossed in. Or do you have
your own 'Old Country' that needs looking into?
o A Circle of Stones
Rock Tales. From
Japan, and Germany ... and Russia ... and our own country ... stone
stories and the bones of stories. Old treasures newly discovered.
o A Dash of Seasonal Tales
Pick a season -- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter -- any season ... there
are stories for each of them. There are stories for all of them.
o A Haunting Collection of Ghost Stories
that are not just for Halloween
any more ... ghosts, goblins, banshees and golems ... stories to set you
looking over your shoulder
o A Tall Tale Here, An Old Tale There
Americana ... Historical
anecdotes ... Native American tales ... Jack Tales ... stories our
great-grandparents and grandparents and parents brought with them from
their old homes to their new
o A Walk on the Wild Side
Nature tales, Animal stories, Trickster legends -- stories that ask
'why' or explain 'why' or just entertain
o A Moment by the Fire with Old Peter
Russian stories to warm you on a
cold wintry night ... wolves and Frost, and the tail-feather from a
Firebird -- stare into the fire through your breath as it steams before
you ... watch the shadows dance.
o Storytelling 101
So ... you want to be a
storyteller, eh?
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