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Let Sara Cone Bryant, beloved children's author from the early 20th century, take you back to that time when the family hearth was the entertainment center, and each night the voice of Mom, Dad, or big sister was a guide to mystery, adventure, and delight.
Better yet, let Sara Cone Bryant teach you how to recapture the pleasures of that simpler age by introducing your family to the joys of stories told, which, she demonstrates, are more delightful to children --- and better for them --- even than stories read aloud.
In How to Tell Stories to Children, Bryant explains the key do's and don'ts of selecting, adapting, and voicing stories for your childrens' maximum enjoyment and edification.
She teaches you why some stories specially lend themselves to telling aloud, and how to recognize them, as well as how to incorporate into your own stories elements that are sure to grab and hold children's attention.
Finally, she shows you not only how to tell stories, but to tell stories to your kids: for all good storytellers know how to take the words of a tale and adapt them, modifying their length, language, and content to fit the audience or occasion.
Soon, you, too, will be a master of the art of storytelling.
And the bored, fidgeting kids who now so often interrupt your read-aloud stories will be silent, enthralled listeners, begging you at the end of each story, "Please, Momma, tell one more! Just one more!"
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