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One of America's best-known, beloved storytellers shares sixteen of her most popular stories and shows parents how to tell them warmly and compellingly through easy-to-follow "stage directions," accents and gestures, and expressive photographs.
Hardcover
Published June 1, 1998
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April 1, 2019
Jackie Torrence was a master storyteller and a reference librarian in High Point, North Carolina.
This book includes 16 folk tales along with Ms. Torrence’s stage directions and sidebar comments for each story. I’d never in my life considered being a storyteller until I read this book. I don’t know that this is something I’ll pursue, but the book is so inspiring that it made me entertain the idea!
Even if you just want to be able to read stories to your children or grandchildren with more enthusiasm, facial expression, and use of your hands in a demonstrable way, you can benefit from this book. An alternative title for the book could have been, “The Many Faces of Jackie Torrence” because there are numerous up-close photographs of her extraordinarily expressive face as she told the stories.
In Jackie Tales: The Magic of Creating Stories and the Art of Telling Them, Ms. Torrence explains what makes a good Jack Tale and what makes a good story. She writes about adjusting stories depending upon the age of her audience and how to (and how not to) hold children’s attention.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is one to be read over and over again.
This book includes 16 folk tales along with Ms. Torrence’s stage directions and sidebar comments for each story. I’d never in my life considered being a storyteller until I read this book. I don’t know that this is something I’ll pursue, but the book is so inspiring that it made me entertain the idea!
Even if you just want to be able to read stories to your children or grandchildren with more enthusiasm, facial expression, and use of your hands in a demonstrable way, you can benefit from this book. An alternative title for the book could have been, “The Many Faces of Jackie Torrence” because there are numerous up-close photographs of her extraordinarily expressive face as she told the stories.
In Jackie Tales: The Magic of Creating Stories and the Art of Telling Them, Ms. Torrence explains what makes a good Jack Tale and what makes a good story. She writes about adjusting stories depending upon the age of her audience and how to (and how not to) hold children’s attention.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is one to be read over and over again.
February 10, 2009
Great book for learning to tell stories. The stories are written out the way she tells them, and she shows facial expressions or has them written in (). Also, she has a good variety of stories. The idea is to sit right down and tell the story aloud as you are reading it. The perfect book for getting me started. Israel and Eliza loved for me to read them to them. Note the family stories I didn't finish. The first one was about her large voluptuous aunt that wiggled when she walked in the front and in the back and wore revealing clothing.
The book has 3 each of Jump Tales, Jack Tales, B'rer Takes, Family Tales, and 4 Scarey Tales
The book has 3 each of Jump Tales, Jack Tales, B'rer Takes, Family Tales, and 4 Scarey Tales
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