Spydus Search Results - Subject: Storytelling (Keywords)

The peculiar tale of the tentacle boy [electronic resource] / Richard Pickard ; read by Theo Solomon.

Marina meets William while exploring the haunted pier in her seaside town. But William is not like other boys. He?s ... different - with crab claws for hands and tentacles that stretch from his head. What he needs from Marina - if she?s ready - is a friend who can help him to unravel the fishy mystery of his past ...
Author: Pickard, Richard
Unabridged ed.
Published: [Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2021.

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How to tell stories to children : a step-by-step guide for parents and teachers / Silke Rose West, Joseph Sarosy.

Storytelling is one of the oldest and most essential skills known to humankind - it is also one of the best ways to help us raise healthy, well-adjusted kids, teaching them how to manage their emotions, build empathy and navigate life's complexities. In cultivating a meaningful bond between storyteller and listener, it builds intimacy and trust between parent and child. In this book, early childhood educators Silke Rose West and Joseph Sarosy distill the key ingredients of storytelling into a surprisingly simple method that can make anyone an expert storyteller. Their intuitive technique uses events and objects from your child's daily life to make storytelling easy and accessible. By shifting the focus from crafting a narrative to strengthening your relationship with your child, this book will awaken skills you never knew you had.
Author: West, Silke Rose
Published: London : Souvenir Press, 2021.
208 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm
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Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Special Collection - 372.677044 WES - Parent and Childcare Collection - Available - 95100000424119

A spool of blue thread [electronic resource] / Anne Tyler ; read by Kimberly Farr.

?It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon ...? This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that summer?s day in 1959. The whole family on the porch, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. From that porch we spool back through the generations, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define the family. From Red?s father and mother, newly arrived in Baltimore in the 1920s, to Abby and Red?s grandchildren carrying the family legacy boisterously into the twenty-first century - four generations of Whitshanks, their lives unfolding in and around the sprawling, lovingly worn Baltimore house that has always been their home?.
Author: Tyler, Anne
Unabridged ed.
Published: [Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2015.

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The book thief [electronic resource] / Markus Zusak ; read by Dennis Olsen.

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother?s graveside, Liesel?s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger?s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor?s wife?s library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel?s foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel?s world is both opened up, and closed down.
Author: Zusak, Markus
Unabridged ed.
Published: [Melbourne, Vic.] : ABC Audio, 2012.

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The hero : the enduring myth that makes us human [electronic resource] / Lee Child ; read by Jeff Harding.

What makes a hero? Who better to answer that question than Lee Child??It?s Lee Child.�Why would you�not�read it?? Karin Slaughter?I don't know another author so�skilled�at making me turn the page? The TimesIn his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever.From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero is at the centre of formative myths in every culture and persists to this day in world-conquering books, films and TV shows. But why do these characters continue to inspire us, and why are they so central to storytelling?Scalpel-sharp on the roots of storytelling and enlightening on the history and science of myth, The Hero is essential reading for anyone trying to write or understand fiction.
Author: Child, Lee
Unabridged ed.
Published: [New York, NY] : TLS Books, 2019.

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Storytelling and story-reading in early years : how to tell and read stories to young children / Mary Medlicott.

Stories play a crucial role in young children's social and literacy development. This guide gives professionals the skills to plan and run the best possible storytelling and reading sessions for children, from how to use props and voices, to how to cater for mixed ability learning groups.
Author: Medlicott, Mary
Published: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.
166 pages ; 22 cm

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Special Collection - 372.677049 MED - Parent and Childcare Collection - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 95100000424041

Dæmon voices : essays on storytelling / Philip Pullman ; edited by Simon Mason.

In over 30 essays, written over 20 years, one of the world's great story-tellers meditates on story-telling. Warm, funny, generous, entertaining, and above all, deeply considered, they offer thoughts on a wide variety of topic, including the origin and composition of Philip's own stories, the craft of writing and the story-tellers who have meant the most to him.
Author: Pullman, Philip, 1946-
Published: Oxford : David Fickling Books, 2017.
xv, 480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm

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Singing for Mrs Pettigrew [electronic resource] : a story-maker's journey / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Peter Bailey.

This title contains short stories, essays and commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing various aspects of writing - character, plot, sources and inspiration, retelling and biography - this collection is suitable for those who love great stories and want to know more about the art of telling tales.
Author: Morpurgo, Michael, 1943-
Published: London : Walker Books, 2014.
1 online resource : illustrations

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The moth / preface by Neil Gaiman ; afterword by George Dawes Green founder The Moth ; edited by Catherine Burns.

Before television and radio, before penny paperbacks and mass literacy, people would gather on porches, on the steps outside their homes, and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. The Moth is a non-profit group that is trying to recapture this lost art, helping storytellers - old hands and novices alike - hone their stories before playing to packed crowds at sold-out live events. The very best of their stories are collected here and range from the poignant to the downright hilarious.
Published: London : Serpent's Tail, 2015.
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

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The good story : exchanges on truth, fiction and psychotherapy / J.M. Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz.

'The Good Story' is an exchange between a writer with a long-standing interest in moral psychology and a psychotherapist with a training in literary studies. Arabella Kurtz and J.M. Coetzee consider psychotherapy and its wider social context from different perspectives, but at the heart of both their approaches is a concern with stories. Working alone, the writer is in sole charge of the story he or she tells. The therapist, on the other hand, collaborates with the patient in telling the story of their life. What kind of truth do the stories created by patient and therapist aim to uncover: objective truth or the shifting and subjective truth of memories explored and re-experienced in the safety of the therapeutic relationship?
Author: Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Published: London : Harvill Secker, 2015.
x, 198 pages ; 23 cm

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.8914 COE - Available - 15284030X

Again! / Emily Gravett.

It's nearly Cedric the Dragon's bedtime, there's just time for his mum to read him his favourite book. Unfortunately for her, Cedric likes the story so much that he wants to hear it again, and again, and again with incendiary consequences!
Author: Gravett, Emily
Published: London : Macmillan Children's, 2012.
[26] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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Just one more! / Tracey Corderoy, Alison Edgson.

It's bedtime for Little Brown Bunny. So Mummy reads him a bedtime story. Then another, then another. 'Just one more!' cries Little Brown Bunny. But there are no stories left. Then Little Brown Bunny has a wonderful idea.
Author: Corderoy, Tracey
Published: London : Little Tiger, 2012.
[26] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 colour-in storybook.

Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Junior picture book - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 95100000347755

Poison [electronic resource] / by Chris Wooding.

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.
Author: Wooding, Chris, 1977-
Unabridged.
Published: Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books ; [Boulder, Colo. : Made available electronically by] NetLibrary, 2006.
1 sound file (9 hr., 30 min.) : digital, wma file.
Available online: Bibliographic record display

The Brontës went to Woolworths [text(large print)] / Rachel Ferguson.

This novel, from the early 1900s, revels in young innocence prior to the First World War and celebrates the fantasies of childhood.
Author: Ferguson, Rachel, 1893-1959
Published: Oxford : ISIS, 2010.
224 p. (large print)

Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction: large print - Available - 061553749

The dolphin's message / Lucy Coats ; illustrated by Anthony Lewis.

Atticus the Storyteller is on a quest. As he travels, Atticus tells tales of fearsome monsters and fabulous beasts, gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines.
Author: Coats, Lucy
Published: London : Orion Children's, 2010.
72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 20 cm.
Greek beasts and heroes

Haddenham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's fiction - Available - 06526785X

The beasts in the jar / Lucy Coats ; illustrated by Anthony Lewis.

Atticus the Storyteller is on a quest. As he travels, Atticus tells tales of fearsome monsters and fabulous beasts, gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines.
Author: Coats, Lucy
Published: London : Orion Children's, 2010.
74 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 20 cm.
Greek beasts and heroes

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The magic head / Lucy Coats ; illustrated by Anthony Lewis.

Atticus the Storyteller is on a quest. As he travels, Atticus tells tales of fearsome monsters and fabulous beasts, gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines.
Author: Coats, Lucy
Published: London : Orion Children's, 2010.
77 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 20 cm.
Greek beasts and heroes

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Tiger Lily, a heroine for all seasons! / Maeve Friel ; illustrator, Joelle Dreidemy.

Storms are raging and The Middle of Nowhere is all at sea. With the villagers up to their knees in water, everyone is forced to decamp to the Old Jam Factory. It is up to Tiger Lily to rise above the calamities and prove that the show must go on, whatever the weather.
Author: Friel, Maeve
Published: London : Stripes, 2009.
171 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

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The elves and the storymaker / Laurence Anholt, Arthur Robins.

There once was a very silly story writer who ran out of ideas. Who would write his silly stories now? Elves? Gorillas? Aliens?
Author: Anholt, Laurence
Published: London : Orchard, 2009.
27 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Seriously silly colour

Chalfont St Giles Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: children's fiction - Available - 065923068

The stories children tell : making sense of the narratives of childhood / Susan Engel.

Offers a general introduction to the role of storytelling in a child's development. Focusing on the stories children tell and write and what can be learned from them, the book analyzes the theoretical framework and research findings in this field.
Author: Engel, Susan
Published: [New York, N.Y.] ; [Oxford] : W.H. Freeman, c1995.
xi,244p.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 155.413 - Adult non fiction - Available - 067136615

The storyteller / Mario Vargas Llosa.

Author: Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-
Published: London : Faber, 1990.
245p. ; 24cm.

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Swallow / D.M. Thomas.

Author: Thomas, D. M.
Published: London : Gollancz, 1984.
312p. ; 22cm.

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Story journey : an invitation to the gospel as storytelling / Thomas E Boomershine.

Author: Boomershine, Thomas E.
Published: Abingdon Press, 1988.

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Children and stories / Anthony Jones, June Buttrey.

Author: Jones, Anthony, 1926-
Published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1970.
xi,159p.,8plates : ill. ; 21cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: hardback - 823'.009 - Adult fiction - Available - 004919168

Christophe's story / Nicky Cornwell ; illustrated by Karin Littlewood.

Christophe is having trouble getting used to his new school, new language and new life. His teacher persuades Christophe to share his story with his classmates - so he tells them of the terrifying day the soldiers came to his house and killed his baby brother.
Author: Cornwell, Nicky
Published: London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2006.
74 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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The Canterbury tales : fifteen tales and the general prologue / Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited by V.A. Kolve & Glending Olson.

The most admired of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' are presented here in the original language but with spelling and annotations for modern readers.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
2nd ed.
Published: New York ; London : W. W. Norton, 2005.
640 p. ; 21 cm.
A Norton critical edition

Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult fiction: paperback - 821.1 CHA - Adult fiction - Available - 145961513

Drama and traditional story for the early years / Nigel Toye and Francis Prendiville ; foreword by Jonothan Neelands.

This volume covers the teaching of drama at nursery and Key Stage 1. It looks at why drama should be used, how it works, and how to get children involved.
Author: Toye, Nigel
Published: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000.
viii, 257p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 372.66 - Adult non fiction - Available - 132100080

Storytelling / Eileen Colwell.

A handbook on the fundamental techniques of storytelling includes advice on voice control and the choice of a story for a particular audience.
Author: Colwell, Eileen
Published: London : Bodley Head, 1980.
83p. ; 23cm.

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Inkspell / Cornelia Funke ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.

Sequel to 'Inkheart', Cornelia Funke presents this enthralling tale of loyalty, passion and betrayal.
Author: Funke, Cornelia, 1958-
Published: Frome : Chicken House, 2006.
682 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Inkheart trilogy ; bk. 2
1 reserve

Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult fiction - Adult fiction - Reservation awaiting collection (Set: 02 May 2024) - 150559901