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Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents - Hardcover

Lipkin, Lisa

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9780393047752: Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents

Synopsis

Complemented by more than one hundred original, hands-on activities and projects for children ages three to ten, this multicultural handbook explains how to incorporate storytelling into a family's everyday life and features a wide variety of short stories that parents can use to illuminate a variety of real-life situations. 10,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Lisa Lipkin is a storyteller who has toured nationally and internationally. Her stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

The oral tradition is an endangered one. Given the distractions of television, computers, and computer games, children are especially prone to self-containment. Offering over 100 activities, New York City-based storyteller Lipkin teaches parents how to incorporate stories into their three- to ten-year-olds' lives, thereby teaching family history, moral lessons, and a heightened sense of identity and belonging. Each of the eight chapters includes examples of stories and methods parents can use. Lipkin shows how to integrate storytelling into everyday activities, share family history, read a story, and create a story. Readers are also instructed in taking the scare out of ghost stories, retelling Bible stories, and recounting stories about childhood issues (e.g., a new sibling, fear of the dark) and those that reinforce positive behavior. This work's easy-to-do activities will lead parents to find yarns in ordinary events and spur their children's imaginations. Recommended for public libraries.DKay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MD
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