StoryTelling Articles

Want to find out how to get started telling stories or do you just want some information that will make you a better storyteller? We have placed some of our favorite links to articles and stories on the web here for you to access. We hope you learn some great stuff here and tell your own whoppers!

Famous American Folktales and Stories - If you are looking for good old fashioned American yarns then you will 68 tales indexed by title, state, region, characters, historical or ethnic nature, weather-lore or tall tale.

Fairy and Folktales - An astonishing 1200 classic tales, arranged in alphabetical order, culled from many collections such as the 'Colour' Fairy books, English Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends of the Sioux, the Donegal Wonder Book, various fable collections, and others. The texts of these classic books are all online, but this page separates out each tale and mixes them together - awkward in one way but useful in another especially if you know the title of a story you want. Use your browser's Edit - Find facility to search for any keyword that you might want in the title of a story, as a primitive story search. This page is just one at Rick Walton's Online Library, which provides loads of resources for children's books (many by Rick), and includes a very long list of curriculum activities to tie in with certain themes and stories. There's lots more here to explore besides.

StoryArts Online - Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. With lesson plans, activities, articles, bibliographies, a library of stories, and a free occasional newsletter.