The Parent's Guide to Storytelling: How to Make Up New Stories and Retell Old Favorites

Margaret Read MacDonald comes to the rescue with a collection of helpful hints and techniques -- everything from when to raise or lower your voice to suggested refrains for audience participation. She explains how to capture children's attention with easy-to-use dramatic techniques and simple fingerplays. Chapters focus on storytelling for the youngest listeners, bedtime stories and expandable tales, scary stories, improvisational ideas, and family folklore.

To help beginners get started, MacDonald includes dozens of traditional stories as examples in an easy-to-follow format. Includes a useful bibliography divided into topic areas, including old standards and new collections.