An introduction to storytelling, with tips on choosing, learning and telling stories and annotated lists of preferred stories.

Coretta Scott King 2021 Honoree A winner of the ILA 2021 Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards in the fiction category. NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies

More than 30 popular tales and anecdotes about the storytellers, and a how-to section for readers to create and tell their own stories.

Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains includes several short stories based on the folklore of the Appalachian Mountains. Before the time of cell-phones, comp