Dr. Mike Lockett travels near and far to tell stories to audiences of all ages. The video clips show him having fun sharing stories to audiences of varied ages. In this age of cell phones, everyone seems to be able to take videos. If you have a good video of Dr. Lockett in action - write and tell him about it. If it's a bad video, feel free to bury it in your yard.

Dr. Lockett in a Storytelling Program in Taichung, Taiwan.  Grandpa Mike was invited to share stories at a Cram School owned by friends, Annie Chiang and her husband Jeffery Lin.  The school bought class sets of Dr. Lockett's books to read and to act out.  They invited Dr. Lockett for an author visit and asked him to tell stories before autographing books for the children.  The three stories are Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Elephant's Friends and The Giant Pumpkin.  The video is about 36 minutes in length.

All rights reserved for the three stories told above.  Copyright 2019  Recorded in Taichung, Taiwan

 
"The Cat and the Mouse" - Adapted from an English Folktale by Dr. Mike Lockett, Video filmed as a part of the Stories in the Park Program for Normal Parks and Recreation, Summer 2020.

"The Chicken at the Library"  Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2020 held by Mike Lockett, Recorded for Stories in the Park Programs for Normal Parks and Recreation, Normal, IL

"The Hello Song"  Music and Lyrics by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2021, This recording was made while performing for Summer Stories in the Park, Normal, IL, June 2020.

"The Hunter's Bargain"   African Folktale as Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2020 

"How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes"  Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett from an Oneida Tale, Recorded for Brown Public Library in Mt. Sterling, IL, 2020.

"The Jumping Tortoise"  Folktale from Kenya  Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2020 held by Mike Lockett, Recorded in June 2020 as part of a series of recordings for the Heyworth, Illinois Public Library.

"The Mouse and the Elephant"  Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2020 

"Sky Food or Why Clouds Are in the Sky"  Told by Dr. Mike Lockett at the Bloomington Public Library, Fall 2020. It is Dr. Lockett's hope that teachers will view the video and develop their own versions of the story to tell their students.  The world wastes too many resources.  Dr. Lockett tells the story to encourage greater conservation and less waste.

"Why Dogs Chase Cats"  Folktale Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, Copyright 2020 held by Mike Lockett, Recorded in June 2020 as part of the Stories in the Park Programs for Normal Parks and Recreation, Normal, IL

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The Goats in the Garden by Dr. Mike Lockett - Copyright 2019 The above video was made by students at NTUB - National Taipei University of Business based on Dr. Lockett's children's picture book under the supervision of Professor Michelle Guo.

• Dr. Lockett telling stories with the Mayor of Taichung, Taiwan.

• How Bear Lost His Tail - Performed on Dr. Lockett's Storytelling DVD - Tales of Delight

• The Art of Storytelling - Filmed by The Pantagraph Newspaper in Bloomington, Illinois

• The Peddler of Ballaghdareen - Filmed in Gridley, Illinois 

• The Lion's Minister of State - Filmed as part of a Television Mini-Series Pilot - Tell Me a Story, Filmed at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

• Anansi and the Snake - Filmed as part of a Made for Television Pilot - Tell Me a Story - Filmed in Peoria, Illinois

• Friends of the Father - Filmed in a live performance at St. Mary's Catholic School, Bloomington, IL

• Teddy Bear- Original story by Dr. Mike Lockett - In this video, Dr. Lockett tells his Teddy Bear story. Copyright 2009

• Using Storytelling to Teach English as a Foreign Language - Film footage of Dr. Mike Lockett taken in Taiwan at Cat's Language School in Taipei, 2011

• The Three Little Pigs, Taken from Taiwan Version of Grandpa Mike's Stories DVD made in Taiwan, 2009. This version shows some great facial shots of Grandpa Mike's stories. The sound is not synced up on the Asian version the way it should be. If you are looking for a cleaner copy of this story... Go to Mike's Products Page on this website to order the American version of the CD. The sound matches the pictures quite well.

• I'm Gonna Tell, As filmed live in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the Morrison Academy, a Christian School in 2011. I'm Gonna Tell is written by Rosalie Sorrels. A fun version of the song is sung by Dr. Lockett on his Tales and Fables CD*. (*License paid to Harry Fox Agency for use of the song on the album) This clip was filmed by a student of Chris Laytham, librarian at the Morrison Academy.

• About Dr Lockett - This is a short clip made prior to Dr. Lockett's 2009 tour of Taiwan, South Korea and China.

• The Gunny Wolf - As filmed live in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the Morrison Academy in 2011. Dr. Lockett is telling the story to a mixed age group. Some of the children speak fluent English. Others speak limited English. The film clip shows how Dr. Lockett involves the students to build excitement, share the story and build language skills. This clip was filmed by a student of Chris Laytham, librarian at the Morrison Academy.
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• The Seven Happy Villagers - As filmed live at the Morrison-Bethany Academy in Taipei in Taiwan in November, 2012. The filming was done by Anita Wang. The story is from The island of Luzon in the Philippines. Visitors to this site can read the story elsewhere on this site. Tales of Delight, a DVD of Dr. Lockett telling the story, can be purchased on the products page of this site. Or - you can simply enjoy viewing the tale on Youtube - courtesy of the Bethany Christian School. Many of the children at the academy are children of missionaries in Taiwan. Others are native Taiwanses children whose parents want their children to receive a Christian education and learn fluent English while at Bethany.

• Storytelling in Business - Video Clip prepared by Dr. Lockett for National Taipei University of Business in 2015 to talk about benefits of telling stories in business.

From the 2019 Caves Roadshow

“Selecting Good Stories to Tell”  Content from Come and Tell a Good Story “Plant the Future” 2019 Caves Road Show  - Caves is an education company in Taiwan.  The company owns a series of bookstores across Taiwan.  The company sells books to public schools, cram schools and private schools in Taiwan.  The company offers educational training workshops for teachers.  Caves offered this program as one part of five on-line instructional videos by Dr. Mike Lockett to teach how to use storytelling in the classroom.  (Recorded in December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan) Teachers have permission to use the story at the end of this instructional video with their students.

“Learning and Adapting a Story to Tell”  Content from Come and Tell a Good Story -  “Plant the Future” 2019 Caves Road Show  - Caves is an education company in Taiwan.  The company owns a series of bookstores across Taiwan.  The company sells books to public schools, cram schools and private schools in Taiwan.  The company offers educational training workshops for teachers.  Caves offered this program as part two of five on-line instructional videos by Dr. Mike Lockett to teach how to use storytelling in the classroom. (Recorded in December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan) Teachers have permission to use the story at the end of this instructional video with their students

“Vocal Storytelling Techniques” Content from Come and Tell a Good Story -  “Plant the Future” 2019 Caves Road Show  - Caves is an education company in Taiwan.  The company owns a series of bookstores across Taiwan.  The company sells books to public schools, cram schools and private schools in Taiwan.  The company offers educational training workshops for teachers.  Caves offered this program as part three of five on-line instructional videos by Dr. Mike Lockett to teach how to use storytelling in the classroom.  (Recorded in December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan) Teachers have permission to use the story at the end of this instructional video with their students. 

“Visual Storytelling Techniques” Content from Come and Tell a Good Story -  “Plant the Future” 2019 Caves Road Show  - Caves is an education company in Taiwan.  The company owns a series of bookstores across Taiwan.  The company sells books to public schools, cram schools and private schools in Taiwan.  The company offers educational training workshops for teachers.  Caves offered this program as part four of five on-line instructional videos by Dr. Mike Lockett to teach how to use storytelling in the classroom.  (Recorded in December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan)  Teachers have permission to use the story at the end of this instructional video with their students.

“Finding Good Stories” Content from Come and Tell a Good Story -  “Plant the Future” 2019 Caves Road Show  - Caves is an education company in Taiwan.  The company owns a series of bookstores across Taiwan.  The company sells books to public schools, cram schools and private schools in Taiwan.  The company offers educational training workshops for teachers.  Caves offered this program as part five of five on-line instructional videos by Dr. Mike Lockett to teach how to use storytelling in the classroom.   (Recorded in December 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan).