118
pages, 11" x 8.5", black and white, soft cover
Rs 120.00 (within
India)
US$ 8.00 (outside India)
English ISBN
81-86895-93-0 |
The cover
of the book reflects the teeming folk life of India. Vibrant colours,
delicate motifs, evocative pictures, sharp sayings, freewheeling
songs... These are the spices that brew in India's folk tradition
and flavour its stories.
Timeless as
they are, the telling of such stories is an ideal way of
engaging comfortably with contemporary concerns, diverse subjects
and curriculum workloads in schools today. This new book by
professional storyteller and writer, Cathy Spagnoli, shows how
easily and effectively it can be done.
This 'how to'
of storytelling is backed by examples of stories from each of the 29
states of India. It covers a wide spectrum of storytelling material,
including an overview of Indian telling, the basics of storytelling,
tips on getting started, plenty of activities, a unique story map,
replicable line-drawings based on folk styles and traditions, notes
on tale types and further resources, story sources and reading.
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