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Raising Voices : Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes by Kevin D. Cordi and Judy Sima (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-10156308919X

ISBN-139781563089190

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038474059

Product Key Features

Number of Pages270 Pages

Publication NameRaising Voices : Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectStorytelling, Library & Information Science / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorKevin D. Cordi, Judy Sima

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-047631

Reviews"For those teachers and librarians who believe in story and the value of storytelling with youth, this book is a must-purchase.... Sima offers a highly recommended purchase worth every penny for those seeking fun ways to program and facilitate skill-development...."- VOYA, "How I wish I had had this book when I was doing extended Oklahoma Arts Council residencies in the schools!...I recommend this book highly to storytelling groups of ALL ages!"- Territorial Tattler, "For those teachers and librarians who believe in story and the value of storytelling with youth, this book is a must-purchase.... Sima offers a highly recommended purchase worth every penny for those seeking fun ways to program and facilitate skill-development...." VOYA, "Raising Voices shows how storytelling gives youth the opportunity to find and develop their own special voice that otherwise may never be heard....[h]as relevance and utility for Texas Speech Communication Association and Texas Forensic Association and that the field of communication needs such a venue as storytelling."- Texas Speech Communication Journal, "A unique and reliable blueprint for beginning and sustaining a successful group or troupe of storytellers from grades 4 to 12....Raising Voices is the complete, and essential, handbook for this special group of storytellers."- School Library Journal, "Starred Review Master storytellers Sima and Cordi offer a step-by-step approach to setting up and working with school age storytelling groups....This is an excellent resource for a teacher or library media specialist working with any age group of storytellers. The reproductive forms, checklists, sample letters and the extensive bibliography or recommended books alone make this a worthwhile purchase. Highly Recommended." Library Media Connection, "steeped in the confidence of two expert storytelling organizers. You can do it. Sima and Cordi will help you." Story Bag, "Raising Voices shows how storytelling gives youth the opportunity to find and develop their own special voice that otherwise may never be heard....[h]as relevance and utility for Texas Speech Communication Association and Texas Forensic Association and that the field of communication needs such a venue as storytelling." Texas Speech Communication Journal, "How I wish I had had this book when I was doing extended Oklahoma Arts Council residencies in the schools!...I recommend this book highly to storytelling groups of ALL ages!" Territorial Tattler, "steeped in the confidence of two expert storytelling organizers. You can do it. Sima and Cordi will help you."- Story Bag, "A unique and reliable blueprint for beginning and sustaining a successful group or troupe of storytellers from grades 4 to 12....Raising Voices is the complete, and essential, handbook for this special group of storytellers." School Library Journal, "Starred Review Master storytellers Sima and Cordi offer a step-by-step approach to setting up and working with school age storytelling groups....This is an excellent resource for a teacher or library media specialist working with any age group of storytellers. The reproductive forms, checklists, sample letters and the extensive bibliography or recommended books alone make this a worthwhile purchase. Highly Recommended."- Library Media Connection

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromFourth Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal808.5/43

SynopsisAnyone who wants to start a youth storytelling group or troupe will find a wealth of practical information and inspiration in this guide. Written by two veteran storytellers and storytelling group leaders, this book takes you step by step through the entire process of planning, starting, managing, and growing your storytelling group-even up through taking the show on the road. Complete instructions for teaching storytelling skills and performing are accompanied by dozens of reproducible activities and practical tips-from how to recruit members and how to adapt stories for telling to what to wear when performing, and fundraising ideas. Storytelling is a powerful teaching and learning tool. It increases literacy and language skills, builds creativity and imagination, instills confidence, encourages cooperation and collaboration-and it's great fun for everyone Share the gift of storytelling with young people and watch them grow. Grades 4-12., Anyone who wants to start a youth storytelling group or troupe will find a wealth of practical information and inspiration in this guide. Written by two veteran storytellers and storytelling group leaders, this book takes you step by step through the entire process of planning, starting, managing, and growing your storytelling group-even up through taking the show on the road. Complete instructions for teaching storytelling skills and performing are accompanied by dozens of reproducible activities and practical tips-from how to recruit members and how to adapt stories for telling to what to wear when performing, and fundraising ideas. Storytelling is a powerful teaching and learning tool. It increases literacy and language skills, builds creativity and imagination, instills confidence, encourages cooperation and collaboration-and it's great fun for everyone! Share the gift of storytelling with young people and watch them grow. Grades 4-12.

LC Classification NumberGR72.3.S55 2003