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Stories
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Appalachian Tales
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 • Lazy Jack
 • Soap - Soap - Soap
 • The Gunny Wolf
 • The Journeycake Who Ran Away
Ballads/Songs
 • I'm Gonna Tell - R. Sorrels, adapted by M. Lockett
 • Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - performance
 • Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - traditional
 • The Wedding of Jack and Jill
Call and Response Stories
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Conference Notes
 • Monkey See - Monkey Do Warm-Up Activity
 • Quick Sources for Beginning Storytellers
 • Storytelling research by Kendall Haven
 • Why Use Storytelling in Education
Fables
 • Androcles and the Lion
 • The Boy Who Cried Wolf
 • The Dove and the Ant
 • The Farmer and the Stork
 • The Frog in the Milk Pail
 • The North Wind and the Sun
 • The Ox and the Frog
 • The Panther and the Villagers
Folk Tales and Folklore
 • Africa - The Lion's Minister of State
 • Argentina - Fox's Warm Bargain
 • Balkans - Why Man Lives Eighty Years
 • Bohemia - Long, Broad and Sharpsight
 • Caribbean - Anansi and the Python
 • China - Ow and Ouch
 • China - The Chinese Nightingale
 • China - The Monkey's Drum
 • Congo - Monkey and Rabbit Together
 • England - The Cat and the Mouse
 • England - The Cat's Tale
 • England - The Little Gingerbread Boy
 • England - The Little Red Hen
 • England - The Three Bears
 • England - The Three Little Pigs
 • England - The Three Sillies
 • Finland - Why Fish Cannot Talk
 • France - Half a Blanket
 • Germany - The Frog Prince
 • Germany - The Porridge Pot
 • Germany - Why Beans Have a Split Side
 • Ghana - Anansi the Spider
 • India - The Blind Men and the Elephant
 • India - The Hare That Ran Away
 • India - The Hare that Ran Away Teller's Notes
 • India - The Lion Makers
 • Indonesia - Why There Are No Tigers in Borneo
 • Iran - The Singing Pumpkin
 • Iraq - The Gift of Stories - The Caliph of Bagdad
 • Jamaica - Why Dogs Watch People Eat
 • Japan - The Hare of Inaba
 • Korea - The Magic Moneybag
 • Korea - The Pumpkin Seeds
 • Laos - The King Who Hated Old People
 • Mexico - How Lizard Beat Big Deer
 • Norway - How Bear Lost His Tail
 • Norway - The Boy and the North Wind
 • Philippines - Saving the Moon
 • Philippines - Why Male Mosquitoes Do Not Bite
 • Phillipines - The Seven Happy Villagers
 • Russia - The Mitten
 • Russia - The Poor Man's Ruble
 • Scotland - Aiken-Drum
 • Senegal - How Moon & Sun Came to Dwell in the Sky
 • Siberia - How the Bee Got His Bumble
 • South Africa - The Man and the Snake
 • Spain - Little Half-Chick (Medio Pollito)
 • Surinam - The King of the Birds
 • Sweden - The Boy and the Water-Sprite
 • Sweden - The Elves & the Shoemaker
 • Taiwan - Flies Who Paid a Debt of Gratitude
 • Taiwan - The Frog in the Well
 • The Seven Happy Villagers
 • United States - The Cricket's Supper
 • Vietnam - Raven and the Star Fruit Tree
 • West Africa - How Mankind Got Wisdom
 • West Africa - Why Spiders Hide in Corners
Historical Stories
 • Civil War - The Story of Taps
 • How Normal Became Normal
 • Nancy Mason and the Baby Fold
 • Private Joe Fifer
Holiday Stories
 • A Live Christmas
 • France- The Wooden Shoe Christmas
 • Russia - The Legend of Babushka
 • The Legend of the Robin
Humor and Short Stories/Jokes
 • Did You Feed My Cow?
 • Farm Vacation
 • Gettin' the Mule's Attention
 • The Button Factory
 • The Man Who Saw a Crocodile
 • The Turkey Hunt - Call and Response
Math Stories (great for math teachers)
 • Creative Division - Dividing the Geese (Russian)
 • Problem Solving Story - The New Shoes - (Chinese)
Native American Tales
 • Hopi - Grandmother Spider
 • Hopi - Why Clouds Are in the Sky
 • Pueblo - The Musical Waters
 • The Coyote and the Turtle
 • Why Clouds Are in the Sky
Religious Stories and Bible Stories
 • David and Goliath
 • Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
 • Noah and the Great flood
 • Sword of Gideon
 • The Call of Samuel
 • The Story of Esther
 • The Story of Rhoda
 • The Story of Ruth
 • Timothy's Head Start to Salvation
Scary Stories (but not too scary)
 • Jack and the Goblins
 • Slimy Green Fingers
 • The Haunted Tailor
 • The Squeaky Door
Teacher Materials - Essays on Holiday Topics
 • Christmas Cards Remembered
 • Easter Customs
 • Thoughts on Candy Canes
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