Tales from the Hills - ISBN 0-9771816-0-X  "Tales from the Hills" is Dr. Michael Lockett's first storytelling recording and is available to purchase online! This album includes all of your favorite Jack tales and more! This interactive CD will also help demonstrate how to get your listeners involved in your storytelling. Dr. Lockett is recognized for his alluring tales that keep his audiences glued to their seats! Certified by "Creative Child Magazine" as family friendly and great for use with children.  The album is a  Seal of Excellence Winner for 2007. Lazy Jack Old Dry Fry The Preacher's Horse Jack's First Elevator Ride The Cat's Tale The Fat Man Jack and the Goblins The Big Toe $15.00 Order CD Now! | $5.00 Order Cassette Now!      Tales from Around the World - ISBN 0-9771816-1-8 Tales from Around the World" is a collection of ten stories from different areas around the globe as told by Dr. Michael Lockett, "The Normal Storyteller." Each story is told in a dialect that is representative of the area from where the story first was told. Area musicians helped Lockett add rich folk music after each song to add to the fun and beauty of this CD.  Certified by "Creative Child Magazine" as family friendly and great for use with children.  The album is a  Seal of Excellence Winner for 2007. Anansi the Spider The Three Wishes The Russian Snowgirl The Baker's Smell The Peddler of Ballagdereen How Lizard Beat Big Deer The Chinese Nightengale The Tailor The Wooden Shoe Christmas Anansi and the Python $15.00 Order CD Now!                     Tales for the Young at Heart - ISBN 0-9771816-2-6 "Tales for the Young at Heart" is a collection of eight stories and four songs as performed by Dr. Michael Lockett, "The Normal Storyteller." The tracks on this CD are wonderful for young children (age 4 and up) and enjoyable listening for all ages of adults.  Special folio effects, vocal sound effects by Dr. Lockett and music by Mark Lockett make this CD a "must have" in your storytelling collection.  This album was rated the # 1 choice for families out of all the storytelling albums reviewed by Creative Child Magazine and was the Preferred Choice Award Winner for 2007. The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Squeaky Door  The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly  How sly Fox Lost His Dinner  Goldilocks and the Three Bears  The Wedding of Jack and Jill  The Gingerbread Boy  The Elves and the Shoemaker  The Little Red Hen The Leprechaun's Gold  Goin' to the Zoo  $15.00 Order CD Now!   Tales and Fables: East Meets West - ISBN 978-0-9771816-3-6 "Tales and Fables" is a collection of fifteen fables, stories and songs performed by Dr. Michael Lockett, "The Normal Storyteller." The album includes retellings of several of Aesop's greatest fables and folktales collected from Asia in the east, America in the west and lands in between.  The CD was made in collaboration with East - West Publishing Company in Taiwan and Creative Sites Media in Normal, Illinois in the USA.  The stories on this CD are popular with young children starting at ages 4 and 5 and for story-lovers of all ages.  The album is a "must have" for classrooms and family listening.  The Lion's Minister of State Ow and Ouch  Spilled Milk  I'm Gonna Tell - Music and Lyrics by Rosalie Sorrels  The Farmer and the Stork  The Lions and the Buffalos  The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Hare that Ran Away  When I First Came to this Land The Lion Makers The Frog and the Milk Pail The Ox and the Frog The Panther and the Villagers The Singing Pumpkin  Aiken Drum  $15.00 Coming Soon!       Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival - ISBN 1-879991-00-4   This anthology contains 37 wonderful stories told at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee by some of America's most loved storytellers, including the late, great Jackie Torrence (pictured on the cover).  These are the same unforgettable stories that audiences honored with thunderous applause during two decades of the festival, all bound together in one award-winning book.  It is a "must have" for every primary and middle grade literature teacher and every parent trying to "home school" young learners.  The stories come from a rich variety of sources and backgrounds, each distinctively adding to the flavorful mix of wit and wisdom contained in this robust collection.  Among the stories in this collection you will find: The Walkin' Catfish by Doc McConnell  The Hole That Will Not Stay Filled (Civil War Ghost Story) by Katheryn Windham  Orange Cheeks by Jay O'Callahan Wicked John and the Devil by Jackie Torrence A Fisherman and His Wife by Carol Birch The First Motorcycle in Black Mountain by David Holt  The princess and the Dove by Mary Hamilton  Flowers and Freckle Cream by Elizabeth Ellis  Willie the Bug Man by Susan Klein The Wise Shoemaker of Studena by Syd Lieberman  and 27 other fantastic stories by award winning tellers $14.95 Order Book Now!   Tales as Tools - ISBN  1-879991-15-2 This book edited by Sheila Dailey teaches how to harness the power of stories as a teaching tool.  Stories nourish young imaginations and intellects.  They spark curiosity and interest in math and science.  Tales bring history to life.  They enhance reading and writing abilities.  They aid language development and improve listening skills.  Storytelling makes learning more fun.  Contributors to this collection include veteran teachers of grades K-12, professional storytellers, educational consultants and others who show how you can successfully weave stories into any classroom subject.  The book is an indespensable teaching tool in public and private school classrooms as well as for home-school classroom teachers.  Chapters in this collection include: The Teacher as Storyteller  Stories in the Curriculum  Storytelling and Language Development Storytelling and Reading Storytelling and Writing Storytelling, Speaking and Listening  Using Stories to Teach about Peace and the Environment  Using Stories to Teach History Using Stories to Teach Science and Math Stories and Healing  and more... $16.95 Order Book Now!     The Art of Storytelling: Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story - 0-8024-3306-5 Have you ever wished you could just stand up and tell a Bible or historical story at a moment's notice?  John Walsh will show you step by step just how easily you can - like having your own storytelling coach!  Dr. Lockett wrote the chapter in the book about "Storytelling in Education." $16.95 Order Book Now!