Speaking Out

Jack Zipes has published and translated over a dozen volumes on and about stories, fairy tales, and storytelling. Cofounder of the Neighborhood Bridges Project, he is one of the most widely respected scholars of fairy tales and a passionate advocate for storytelling in education. He is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota.

• Table of Contents Prologue Preface Acknowledgments The Necessity of Storytelling in Education 1. The Utopian Tendency of Storytelling: Turning the World Upside Down 2. The Wisdom and Folly of Storytelling 3. How Storytellers Can Help Change Education in Changing Times: Stealing from the Rich to Build Community Bridges Neighborhood Bridges 4. The Neighborhood Bridges Project 5. A Typical Bridges Session with Untypical Games and Learning Spreading Tales, Opening Minds - Sample Sessions 6. Fairy Tales, Animal Fables, Trickster Stories, and Peace Tales 7. Legends, Myths, Superhero Stories, Tall Tales, Family Stories, and Utopian Tales 8. Creative Drama and the Crossing Bridges Festival The Importance of Children's Theater 9. Children's Theater in the Age of Globalization Endnotes Bibliography

"Jack Zipes is one of our essential writers on storytelling past, present, and future. His work marks a happy and lasting marriage of prodigious scholarship and social commitment ." -- Joseph Sobol, author of The Storytellers' Journey"A concise and very useful aid to storytelling." -- Publishers Weekly"This is certainly thought provoking." -- Booklist"This is a remarkable book, the best of the many books about storytelling that I have read." -- Journal of Educational Thought