"For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey is a guide for adults on the power of sharing narratives with children, penned in the early 1900s. It looks at how storytelling affects kids' minds and feelings, and how it helps them learn and grow as good people. The author shares tips for telling stories well and also gives a bunch of interesting stories to tell. The book starts by talking about how kids understand new stuff based on what they already know, using stories like "The Three Bears" to explain how familiar things make stories easier to get and more fun, showing how stories can be picked to help kids learn and grow, also highlighting how important stories are to shape children as they mature and learn.
For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell
By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Discover a collection of tales and insights from days gone by, teaching how spoken narratives shape young hearts and nurture growing minds.
Summary
About the AuthorCarolyn Sherwin Bailey was an American children's author. She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and attended Teachers College, Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1896. She contributed to the Ladies' Home Journal and other magazines. She published volumes of stories for children like methods of story telling, teaching children and other related subjects, which include Boys and Girls of Colonial Days (1917); Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (1919); Hero Stories (1919); Tops and Whistles (1937), and The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings (1945). She wrote For the Children's Hour (1906) in collaboration with Clara M. Lewis. In 1947, her book Miss Hickory won the Newbery Medal.
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey was an American children's author. She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York and attended Teachers College, Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1896. She contributed to the Ladies' Home Journal and other magazines. She published volumes of stories for children like methods of story telling, teaching children and other related subjects, which include Boys and Girls of Colonial Days (1917); Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (1919); Hero Stories (1919); Tops and Whistles (1937), and The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings (1945). She wrote For the Children's Hour (1906) in collaboration with Clara M. Lewis. In 1947, her book Miss Hickory won the Newbery Medal.
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