Portal Sites
- Jeff's Internet Reading Resources
- Tim Sheppard's List of Stories and Story Sources -
- Elizabeth Figa's Storytelling Resources -
- Storytelling Network's Resources List (Storynet.org) -
- Society for Storytelling Resources -
- Alec Couros Digital Storytelling Resources -
- Kathy Schrock's Guide to Digital Storytelling Tools
- Fairy Tale Resources for Every Toddler, Kid and Adult
- The Mystery of Storytelling
- Reinventing Storytelling
- Ira Glass on Storytelling
- Storytelling Workshop
- The Power of Storytelling
- A Short Story about Storytelling
- Storytelling Theory and Practice
- NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
- The Moth Podcast
- This American Life
- Hardcore History
- True Story
- Porchlight Storytelling
- Stanford Storytelling Project
- Love + Radio
Reading Materials - Storybooks and Read Aloud
International Children’s Digital Library ChildrensLibrary.org
1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type. Best to use advanced search.
Story Online Storylineonline.net
Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.
FreeKidsBooks Freekidsbooks.org Free stories to view online or download as pdf's. storybooks.
StoryBird Storybird.com
Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
Illustrated books sorted by level (young children, older children, young adults)
Archive.org Children's Library http://archive.org/details/iacl
Thousands of copyright-free children’s books in a variety of formats (e.g.pdf, mobi, html).
List of Children's Books for Reading http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children
Links to many sources of free children’s books and reading material
ESLFast http://www.eslfast.com/eslread/A collection of 365 short stories for language learners. Each story include a slowly read audio and there are also quiz and dictation activities for each story. .
Dedicated to developing an Extensive Reading and Extensive Listening approach to foreign and second language learning. Lots of potential resources - many still ‘coming soon’.
Tarhell Reader Tarheelreader.org
Hundreds of easy-to-read user-generated books illustrated by using Flickr photos.
EastoftheWeb Children’s Short Stories - good source of text for several dozen stories.
An assortment of stories, poems, and tongue twisters - some with audio recordings.
American ESL Folklore http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/esl-reading/
Comics
Free comics sorted by type and age level
Batoto http://www.batoto.net
International comics translated into different languages (mostly English)
Comixology http://comixology.com
Large selection of comics for sale, but with a decent selection of free ones which change weekly. Some might not be appropriate for middle schoolers.
Newsarama Free Comics http://newsarama.com/topics/free-online-comic-books/
Book Reviews, Recommendations, and Discussions
TeenReads.com http://www.teenreads.com/reviews
KidsReads.com http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews
Affiliated sites that provide book reviews, author interviews, and reading lists.
Reviews, recommendations, ‘best of’ lists, and discussions of recent books
TheChildrensBookReview.com
Sorted by age, level, and topic
Sorted by age, level, and topic
The sections below have been remixed from Elizabeth Figa's Resource List
Storytelling Courses
- The Future of Storytelling at Iversity
- DS106 Open Course and more DS106 Goodies from the University of Mary Washington
- StoryWorlds at Columbia University
- Storytelling for Change at +Acumen
- Storytelling at Western Washington University
- Storytelling FAQ
- Effective Storytelling: A Manual for Beginners ~ Barry McWilliams
- The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn
- Southern Connecticut State University Storytelling Concepts
- East Tennessee State University Storytelling Website
- Appleseeds Storytelling Website
- Writing.com
- Free e-books
- Storyteller.net
- Articles about Storytelling
- Storytelling through the Ages
- The Art of Retelling
- DIY Stories Online
- Second Story
- The American Storyteller
- Storytelling Toolbox Articles
- The Art of Storytelling
- The Art of Story Telling -- Hints and Techniques
- Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page
- Aaron Shepard's "Telling Your Story"
- The Storyteller's Bookshelf
- The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
- Storytelling Pointers
- The Foundation of Storytelling
- Tips for Writers
- Storytelling
- Storytelling Power
- Dav Pilkey's Extra Crunchy Website O' Fun
- A Prairie Home Companion
- Joy of Story Listening
- Spin Me a Yarn (Shelly Kneupper Tucker)
- Patricia Polacco's Official Website
- GOTHAGE PRESS Breaking News
- Storytelling Workshop with Gerald Fierst
- Texas Escapes
- The Topic: Storytelling
- Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors
- The Pleasures of the Ear: Toward an Ethnography of Listening
Storytelling Organizations/Discussion Lists
- The Art of Storytelling with Children Podcast
- International Storytelling Center
- Virginia Storytelling Alliance
- National Storytelling Network
- National Storytelling Festival
- Tejas (Texas) Storytelling Association
- Joseph Campbell Foundation Website
- Robert Munsch's Official Website
- Cantaria
- BookHive
- Jan Brett's Official Website
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival Online Coaching Manual
- StorySacks
- Angela Davis, the Yarnspinner
- National Youth Storytelling Showcase
- The Art of Storytelling Show
- Warm-up Exercises
- Vocal and Physical Exercises for Actors
- Voice Presentation Skills
- Vocal Exercises for Storytellers
- Vocal Tips for Storytellers by Diane Brandon
- 10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking | Jack Wallen for TechRepublic
- Proper
Breathing in Public Speaking; by Katherine Axtell
This article from Whitman College discusses the use of proper posture, initial air intake, and mouth position for breathing and public speaking. - Overcoming
Public Speaking Anxiety: Breathing Exercises
Discusses why breathing patterns change when we are anxious and gives some breathing exercises to help overcome that anxiety. - Remember
the Right Breathing Techniques for Public Speaking; by Martin Ng
Discusses how to achieve proper breathing for public speaking including a self test to determine if one is breathing properly. - A
Breathing Exercise to Calm Panic Attacks
A "simple breathing exercise that will restore your comfortable breathing and soothe many of the physical symptoms of a panic attack." - The
Voice That Captivates
This business centered ezine article focuses on breathing exercises that can be done to improve breathing and voice quality. - Breathing
and Resonance for Good Voice Production; by Maggie Hall
Gives a few breathing exercises for toning the diaphragm and also some resonation exercises to ensure you are using all of your resonating chambers. - Lung
Pressure and Power: A Potpourri of Topics; National Center for Voice
and Speech
This article discusses the physiology of the voice and how lung control can effect the voice.
Warm-up Exercises
Creative Dramatics
- Creative Dramatics
- Using Creative Dramatics!
- Creative Dramatics Cookbook
- The Art of Creative Dramatics
- The Quick Guide to Research Sources for Theatre Students
- Tips on Staging
- About Narrative
- Writing Narrative Personal Essays
- Writing Prompts for a Personal Narrative
- Tips for Writing a Personal Narrative
- Narrative Writing
- Writing a Personal Essay
- Motif Index
- Folk Narrative section of the American Folklore Society - Bibliography of Tale-type and Motif Resources
- Journal of Folklore Research
- Websites Dealing With Folklore, Storytelling, and Motif Indexing
- Folklore Guide
- Teaching Storytelling
- American Folklore - A to Z story index and a "go-to" must for story sources
- American Folklore Society
- Folkloristic Research Ethics
- Open Folklore (includes Gray Literature)
- Tall Tales at AmericanFolklore.net
Fable Resources
- Aesop Fables Database from the U of Virginia Library
- Aesop's Fables at the U Of Massachusetts
- Ambrose Bierce Fantastic Fables at The Free Library
- The Fable: Collection and guide to fables & fairy tales
- India ~ Fables from Ancient India
- Jean de La Fontaine Fables Online
- Marie de France ~ The Fables of Marie de France: An English Translation (GoogleBooks)
- Marie de France ~ The Lais of Marie de France: A Verse Translation
- Biblical Proverbs on QuoteMountain.com
- Commonly Used Proverbs
- Creative Proverbs from Around the World
- English Proverbs on The Phrase Finder
- List of 1000 Proverbs on Said What?
- Proverbs on English Daily
- Biases of the Ear and Eye; Daniel Chandler
- From Orality to Teleliteracy; an article by Steve Mizrach
- Herodotus and North Carolina Oral Tradition
- Native American Oral Literature
- Preserving the Past through Oral Tradition
- Oral Tradition and Storytelling
- Oral Tradition Journal Online
- Orality Past and Present; an article by Robert M. Fowler
- A Talk Concerning First Beginnings: Teaching Native American Oral Literature
Ethics Resources
- Using Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics
- Ethical Implications of Storytelling
- Milbre Burch View's on Ethics
- Fakelore, Multiculturalism and the Ethics of Children's Literature
- Using Story as Strategy
- Contemporary Storytelling: Tales of Life Way After the Fall
- That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It
- Ethics and the Screenwriter
- The Ethics of Storytelling
- U. S. Copyright Office Homepage
- ARL Copyright and Intellectual Property
- U.S. Copyright Act
- Stanford University Copyright Law FAQ
- Fair Use in a Nutshell
- Heather Forest Copyright and Fair Use Page
- The Storytelling FAQ
- Copyright Crash Course
- 10 Big Myths About Copyright
- Copyright Resources for Schools and Libraries
Working with Audiences
- Milbre Burch on The Adult Audience
- Effective Storytelling and the Audience
- Perceiving the Foundation of Storytelling
- Storytelling Listeners
- Storytelling and Pre-Schoolers: Getting and Holding the Nursery Child's Attention?
- Storytelling in Schools - Programs, Research, and Resources
- Why Have Storytelling in Schools
- Sisters' Choice: Children's Songs to Use in Class, Science Songs, Animal Songs
- Sisters' Choice Song Clips
- Storytelling to Young Children
- Children's Storybooks Online
- Tellitagen Children's Stories
- Story Arts Online
- Storytelling Lesson Plans(from Story arts Online)
- Storytelling in the Classroom (from Story arts Online)
- Tell Me a Story! (enhancing literacy through storytelling)
- Teacher's Guide
- Reading is Fundamental
- Wacky Web Tales
- The Kids' Storytelling Club
- The World of Puppets
- Effective Storytelling: A Manual for Beginners
- Children's Literature - Best Books Lists
- Author Online
- Storytelling Resources for School Librarians
- Learning Through Storytelling
- Children's Literature Web Guide: Folklore, Myth and Legend
- Homepage of Matt Buchanan, Playwright and Drama Theater
- Storytelling in Schools
- Cinderella Stories
- Youth Storytelling Toolbox
Props and Storytelling
- Props with Storytelling
- Interactive Storytelling Visual Literacy Props
- Folkmanis Puppets
- Book Props
- Do Storytellers Use Props When Performing?
Poetry Resources
- Limericks for Children
- Cowboy Poetry On-Line
- Cowboy Poetry
- Cowboy Poets on the Internet
- River of Words
- Ancient Riddles
- Weekly Poetry Slam in Austin
- Dallas Poet Community Events
- Poetry Slam Inc.
- Putting Poetry on its Feet
- Using Creative Dramatics with Poetry
- List of Books with Rhyme, Alliteration, and Other Word Play
- Poets' Corner
- An Annotated Guide to Oral History Interviews of the Forest History Society
- How to Organize and Conduct Oral History Techniques
- Oral History Techniques
- Videotaping Oral History Interviews
- Step by Step Guide to Oral History
- How to Conduct an Oral History
- Oral History Online
- Making Sense of Oral History
- Oral History Archives of World War II
- Ancestors: Writing a History (includes interviewing tips)
- Holocaust Testimonies
- Civil Rights in Mississippi (Oral History Archive)
- Professor Seagull: Excerpts from Joe Gould's Oral History ...
- Joe Gould's Secret Movie Information
- Losing the Business: The Donners Recall the Great Depression (David Shannon)
- Bland County Historical Archives
- U.S. Veterans History Project
University Oral History Projects
- Baylor University, Institute for Oral History
- Claremont Graduate University, Oral History Program
- Columbia University, Oral History Research Office
- CSU Long Beach, Oral History Program
- CUNY, UN Intellectual History Project
- Duke, Center For Documentary Studies
- Duke, Inventory of Oral History Program
- Florida State University, Oral History Program
- George Mason University, Oral History Project
- Georgia State University, GA Govt. Documentation Project
- Louisiana State University, T. Harry Williams Center For Oral History
- Minnesota State University Moorhead, Heritage Education Commission Oral History Project
- Northern Arizona University, Navajo Traders Project
- Ohio State University, Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program
- San Francisco State University, Labor Archives and Research Center
- San Francisco State University, Northern CA Greek Amer. Archive
- State Vincent Coll., Center For Northern Appalachian Studies Oral History Program
- State University of W. Georgia, W. Georgia Oral History Project
- Tulane University, Hogan Jazz Archives
- UC Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office
- UC Riverside, Oral History Project
- UC Santa Cruz, Regional History Project
- University of CT at Storrs, Center for Oral History
- University of Denver, Intermodal Founding Fathers Oral History Program
- University of Florida, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
- University of Louisville, Oral History Center
- University of Maine (Orono), Maine Folklife Center
- University of Nevada Oral History Program
- University of North Texas, Oral History Program
- University of South Dakota, Oral History Center
- University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Spanish Civil War Oral History Project
- University of Texas at Austin, Center for American History
- University of Texas at El Paso, Institute of Oral History
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Oral History Project
- Stephen F. Austin University Oral History Collection
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State University, Oral History Collections
- Yale, Oral History, American Music
Multicultural Stories
- Regional Folklore and Mythology
- Multicultural Resources for Children
- Resources in Minority Literatures
- Finding Resources on the Multicultural Literature of the U.S.
- Library Research Guide to Multicultural Literature
- The Awesome Library Multicultural List
- Native American Stories
- Sacred Voices-Stories from Indian Spiritual Traditions
- Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans
- Australian Storytelling
- Indigenous Australia: The Role of Storytelling
- From Remus to Rap: African-American Storytelling
- African Zulu Tribal Stories
- Celtic Spirit Stories
- Celtic Stories
- Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama
- Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana
- Slavic and East European Folklore Association
- Tibetan Folk Tales
- The Wisdom Tree
- Everyone's Words: Jesus Quintanar
- Magic Tales of Mexico
- Stories of Mayan Culture
- Scholastic's: How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
- The Encyclopedia Mythica
- Bulfinch's Mythology
- Myths and Legends
- Mythology
- Myth*ing Links
- Folklore, Myth and Legend
- Harvard Research Guide to Folklore and Folkloristics
- Mythological Booklist
- Myth-Related Encycolopedias, Dictionaries, and Archives
- Epics and Myths
- Myths and Legends from Ancient Times to the Space Age
- Lithuanian Mythology
- Mary Forrest's Mythology Page
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
- The Myth Man
- Cowbird | Stories: How we make sense of our lives
- Digital Storytelling Station ~ San Diego Public Library Tell and upload your own digital story!
- Using Digital Storytelling to Write Feature Stories
- Digital Storytelling and Education Websites | Jason Ohler
- The Center for Digital Storytelling
- Stories Written by Children
- Story Place: the Children's Digital Library
- Audio Stories
- Transom Showcase Audio Stories
- Journal for Multimedia History
- History Happens
- Welcome to AWOL's Lesson...Getting PhysicalEldrbarry.net
- Capture Wales
- Circle of Stories
- Storyline Online
- The Moth | True Stories Told Live
- The Calendar of Storytelling Festivals
- Book and other Story Festivals
- Cave Run Storytelling Festival
- International Storytelling Center - Ireland
- Storytellers of Ireland | Festivals
- Festival in Austria
- Festival in Australia
- Festival at the Edge - Storytelling
- International Storytelling Center
- The Moth -- Programs, Competitions, and Tours
- National Storytelling Festival
- St. Louis Storytelling Festival
- Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
- Tree House Artists "Uncalled For Trio" Traveling Festival
Global Folktales
- The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
- List of Folktales with Active Heroines
- Folklore & Mythology Electronic Texts
- Hans Christian Anderson Stories
- Ghost Stories and Folktales of the American South
- Categories of Folklore
- Disney Fairy Tales
- SurLaLune Annotated Fairy Tales
- Fairy Tale Debate
- Stories to Grow By
- Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Grimm's Fairy Tales on Family Resources
- Page of Links to Folk and Fairy Tale Resources
- Arabian Nights Stories
- Aeosop's Fables
- Myth and Fables from Around the World
- MSU Library Digital Fables Collection
- Willa: An American Snow White (scroll down)
- The Mountain Laurel
- Bettelheim in Encyclopedia.com
- Bruno Bettelheim: The Uses of Enchantment (1975)
- Bettelheim on the Frog King
- Interview with Jack Zipes
- Tolkien Gateway: The Book of the Lost Tales
- Fractured Fairy Tales
- Gullah Tales
- Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
- Tellitagan Children's Stories
- 19th Century German Stories
- Fairy Tales
- Kashmiri Folktales
- Dibaajimowinan and Aadizookaanag
- East Asia Kamishibai Stories
- A Study of Fairy Tales
- Classical Music Storytelling (Read about famous ballets and composers such as Aaron Copland)
- Musical Storytelling
- Using Music in Storytelling
- David Holt | Folk Singer
- Multimedia Storytelling with Music and Pictures
- Folk Music Newsletter (May change link, look for July/August 2001 edition)
- History Songs (Has Real Player based songs about historic events)
- Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts (An example of a song that tells a detailed story)
- Top Ten Sites for Finding Song Lyrics
- Music Lyrics Resources
- The Mudcat Cafe'
- Glossary of Folk Instruments
- Bibliography on American Folk Instruments
- Knockgrafton Productions
- Musical Folktales from Around the World
- Limericks for Children
- Cowboy Poetry On-Line
- Cowboy Poetry
- Cowboy Poets on the Internet
- River of Words
- Ancient Riddles
- Weekly Poetry Slam in Austin
- Dallas Poet Community Events
- Poetry Slam Inc.
- Putting Poetry on its Feet
- Using Creative Dramatics with Poetry
- List of Books with Rhyme, Alliteration, and Other Word Play
- Poets' Corner
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